Halloween

There are some adventurous souls here who try to copy the American idea of Halloween. The children love receiving 'treats' but getting them is difficult because of the codes to the house doors. The very reason to have codes is to avoid getting 'tricked' this evening and all the other days of the year!
The other difficulty is to get a pumpkin for the carving of a Jack-o'-lantern. No problem at Russo's in Newton:



Searching here for something similar, one realizes perplexed that the pumpkin (potiron) is sold in slices! Not for carving, but for cubing, cooking, pureeing and instead of a lantern you will have a delicious soup.



And the black cat - the preferred pet of all the Halloween witches -



is still hissing on the half moon in the original street sign of the famous Montmartre cabaret "Le Chat Noir" (1881-97). Now it is in the collection of Museum Carnavalet.