The streets come alive on the evening of October 31: Halloween. Dressed in spooky or comical costumes, kids walk up and down the streets, ringing doorbells and saying the magic words: “trick or treat.” For those too old to go door to door collecting candy, Halloween parties are the order of the day.
Europeans tend to think that Halloween, which was shaped into its current form in the USA, is a purely commercial holiday, like Valentines…