[HPforGrownups] Not So Secular Potterverse

[Catherine Keegan]

No: HPFGUIDX 34194

At 10:46 PM 1/27/02 -0500, I am Lord Cassandra  wrote:
>Halloween, from what I understand-is majorly pagan and
>American. At least I've assumed the going door to door/dressing up/candy deal
>was American. Correct me if I'm wrong, of course.

We visited France last year during Halloween.  I can't speak for the reset 
of Europe, but France loves the holiday.  They have the best 
decorations.  Cool, motion-detecting spiders that scurry up and down their 
monofilament webs, excellent paper stuff, the usual filamentous webbing so 
dear to every haunted house.  Entire small villages were decorated with 
pumpkins and little displays.  I have no idea as to whether they do the 
trick-or-treat thang but they do hold open parties with prizes for costumes.

Catherine in California where it's supposed to snow (!?) today here on the 
coast.