Halloween

Halloween is gaining popularity here, but has a long way to go. Grocery stores don't have isles of Halloween candy decorated in orange and black as we are accustomed to. No Halloween sales. It was mentioned on the popular radio stations, but we saw no kids going door to door anywhere. Our church had a "Trunk or Treat" in it's parking lot (UK = "car park") due to the large number of Americans in the congregation. What you do is decorate the trunk of your cars. The cars are lined up in the parking lot and the kids go from car to car trick or treating. It's a nice, secure way to let your kids have the experience without the worries of encountering unpleasant strangers. ACS Egham, the private international school John and Amanda attend, had something almost exactly the same but they called it "Boot to Boot."