We’ve only gone trick-or-treating one year here in France, and it was with a list to all the gorgeous, grand houses held by participating English speakers in a nearby city. But in general Halloween is not done in France.
Still, as an English teacher, it behooves me to take every opportunity as an excuse to do something festive for my classes, so I made my students all dress up. And I gave them bags of candy after they said “Trick or Treat” in English. And I decorated my home.
My house decorates so well
with the naturally occurring black iron grates to hold the fake spider webs
and then there are the fake spiders.
Yesterday I had the misfortune to leave the windows open downstairs, and since we have a split-level house, one of the windows is awfully close to the ground where the wood chips lie.
One of these spiders took refuge in the warmth of my sons’ bedroom, and I had to force my quailing hands to squash it that night.
Who needs to decorate to get a good eek factor?
Oh, I would have just died. Bugs freak me out. Great decorations!