Wishing everyone a happy Halloween! Halloween is celebrated in the west as All Hallows’ eve (translated to all saints eve). 1st November is All Saints Day. It is said that people would dress up in scary outfits to scare away evil spirits which come and roam the earth on this evening. Others also believe that the spirits of their ancestors come down on this day and they leave a plate of food outside their homes for them. Various regions various beliefs.

But why do we, as Indians, celebrate Halloween? Well….. because American retail found another way to commercialise and earn money and we Indians love to ape the west! But no offence… the kids enjoy 😊 dressing up scary and doing weird things. And of course…. how can we forget the trick or treating. The loads and loads of sweets and chocolates (called Candy in American English) they get are enough to last them the year! 

So P also wanted to dress up.  I ordered a rented costume online. But as always I have super duper bad luck with online shopping. The size was too big for her and the costume was not that impressive. So last minute I had to run to a nearby costume shop and rent out some witch stuff for her. Did her make up and sent her to her cousins apartment for trick or treating. You know what…. we should remove that word “trick” from that phrase. All that is left in this commercial world of Halloween is the treat! No tricks! So yes….she went “treating” there and collected a bunch of sweets and chocolates (no I will not call it candy because I’m not American)

It was fun seeing all the cousins and friends pictures as they dressed up for the treating. Thank you America for giving us another reason to party 😃