Halloween is a recent phenomenon in France. It's now officially cool to dress up and party, but it definitely is no tradition. In fact, the fad only started to seriously affect the Frenchies about five or six years ago. Instead, France traditionally celebrates La Toussaint (all saints) on November 1st, which is a catholic holiday, and is often much more serious and grim. People usually dine in an intimate atmosphere, visit their family tombs and remember the dead, pretend they care, so on and so forth. Since today it is Halloween I decided to post a few somber images of Paris, some of which I got from this wonderful site: www.pebourgouin.com
Paris can strangely be most appealing when it is somber. It's eerie feel on days like these would always make me think of Gotham city.
To read more on the subject check this out: gofrance.about.com/cs/festivals/a/halloween.htm
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