What’s Halloween like where you are?

I think it’s mostly a North American thang. Nog tells me that he doesn’t remember Halloween from when he was a child. And here in Spain it’s only been the last few years that schools have started having Halloween parties for children (though there is no such thing as trick-or-treating here).

My last real Halloween was seven years ago when I was back in Toronto for a short visit. And I really enjoyed it. I was staying with friends who live in a residential area with big old houses and huge old trees and lots of young families, and we all got dressed up to meet the little ones when they came to the door.

Robert had carved several amazing jack-o-lanterns and Adrienne decorated the front porch with plenty of ‘cobwebs’ and ‘bats’ and ‘spiders’ … and there was also very special spooky lighting (R is a lighting technician) which the kids loved. I’ve got some photos of it around here somewhere . . . 

Yesterday, well overnight, we ‘fell back’ in Spain.

Spring forward, fall back, as the old saying goes…

Supposedly we get that extra hour of sleep this time of year – at least theoretically speaking. But the fact that Nog & I stayed up way too late watching the Sopranos on dvd kinda put the kibosh on us getting any extra sleep, especially as our cats’ belly clocks hadn’t switched over and they were demanding breakfast at the usual time.

Just wondering which countries make this time change, and when they do it. I’ve also never understood why this time change happens. I mean, you get the same amount of daylight overall. When we switch over in springtime it’s called ‘daylight saving time’ – why? What is the point of this?