Well, it is 7 pm and still no kids.
Since our first moved to Germany in 1991 the popularity of Halloween amongst the Europeans has grown immensely.
We seem to have a system in place in our house that if we remember to buy candy for the big night THEN we will not have any kids. It is always the nights we are not prepared (being childless) that we get the most visitors. One year we even handed out office supplies which pretty much took care of the possibility of kids coming the next year. :)
I will never forget the face of the first German child who ever came to our door for Halloween...obviously brought along by some American kids...this poor child...sack in hand, no costume just stood there frozen. I asked..now what are you suppose to say....the frightened child replied...."HALLO".
One year, I was absolutely prepared and no kids came....so I went around my neighborhood and rang door bells saying in Germany...."It is your American neighbor....I bring candy". Yes, there were many shocked faces. And if they did not answer the door I filled their ever present shoes sitting next to the door.
This year....with the kids petrified of barking Clover, I filled Halloween cups full of traditional candy and left them at my neighbors doors for the kids. Perhaps that is the way to go.
Anyway, my biggest kid...(the husband) came skipping in from work all excited to carve his pumpkin...he the dog and the cat, (shocker he was interested) were all out on the patio in the cold....carving a scary faced pumpkin to light.
Happy holiday....hope your candy sack is full to the rim.
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We got quite a few kids. And of course, Murphy had to be confined in a room upstairs, but his frenzied barking drifted down the stairs...every time the doorbell rang. ;)
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