When one of my younger cousins invited me to come along with him and his friends trick-or-treating on Halloween, how could I refuse free candy? I dressed up as a witch (broom and all) and went with them around their neighborhood.
Halloween is not very big or very commercialized in France. I had a hard enough time finding a witch's hat in Nancy, I was lucky that one of my friends is very observant and found what must be the only Halloween costume shop in the city. Trick-or-treaters never know exactly which houses will hand out candy, and those who give out candy never know how many trick-or-treaters will come. Since those houses who celebrate Halloween do not always light an outside light, trick-or-treaters ring the bell at each house with a light inside. The consequence is that sometimes all the candy has already been given out to the early trick-or-treaters. Even if that is the case, some very generous people look around their house and give a group of trick-or-treaters a whole chocolate bar to split or a small bag of candy.
One kind lady gave each trick-or-treater a small bag of cookies that are usually eaten for Christmas:
I'm going to have a stomach ache for a couple days from all the candy and sweets! Happy Halloween!
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