A coffee shop opened within walking distance of our home. Our neighborhood walking group likes to stop there after our morning walk. They have started decorating for Halloween.
Love this. As a child we used to go out 'guising' in the village, dressed up as gypsies, ghosts or suchlike, whatever we could find but nothing purchased. We only went to neighbours or friends' houses. And we sang a song, recited a poem or did a dance. We were rewarded with sweeties, fruit or perhaps a small coin, which we placed in a little bag and took home with us. We hand carved our 'neepie lantern', made from turnip (and yes, the carvings were used for soup). Pumpkins hadn't been heard of in the UK then! ;-) I can still smell that burning turnip smell from our real candle in the bottom of the hollowed out turnip. But that was it. No decorations. Nothing commercial at all. But it's fun to see what people do these days. A whole different experience!
Very interesting Issi. 🎃