Halloween

Halloween is not a holiday in Germany, though over the past 10 years or so, Germans have come to embrace it. However, the concept of going door to door trick-or-treating is still new and not common. A few kids come to the door, some locals and some expats, but more of the Germans tend to attend parties or haunted houses. As Rebecca is a member of the American Women's Club, we had a list of American households that were giving out candy and drove around to them. 8 houses in an hour and a half was rather tough with the kids getting in and out of the car.

However, Kate's school offers something called Trunk or Treat. People drive their cars into the big school parking lot, all park facing the same direction and open their trunks and decorate them. Kids then go in their costumes from trunk to trunk and people give out candy. And it is amazing how well people decorate their trunks. Smoke machines, coffins, crazy stuff. I had a blast and the kids did too. It is entirely light out so you can see the costumes and nothing is too scary. There is a parade at the end with all the kids and prizes given out for best costumes, scariest, etc. A fantastic idea and a great work around to not being able to go door to door. See some good pics below!