It looks like France has only recently adopted Halloween into their culture. It became popular in the early 90s when an American restaurant started throwing Halloween parities. Still, it’s hard to believe that with all of the Celts living around the U.K. that the change of seasons did not effect everyone and make them want to celebrate.
Halloween in France is celebrated mostly by young people going to costume parties, clubs or bars. Being French, they like the scarier aspects of Halloween than American families. They dress up like Vampires, witches, ghosts and ghouls, not princesses or cowboys or fictional characters. Adults rarely participate. This is mostly for the kids, teens and young adults.
Nowadays kids go trick or treating from house to house and stores actually dress up their windows. It’s hard for me to imagine France without Halloween. They like so many macabre things, why wouldn’t they love Halloween?
There seems to be a clash between the young and the old. Older generations still celebrate All Saints Day by spending several days cleaning up graves and going to church services while the young are out partying. Why can’t we all just get along? Sometimes I wish that my generation would remember to lighten up and just live a little. Halloween can be fun without be disrespectful.
