Well, I think Halloween is in full swing tonight. I saw a bunch of kids out with parents - everybody dressed up, going house to house. Some put out lights or pumpkins and decorations right up to their doors, so I guess it was business as usual for those houses. Some left a bowl of treats outside.
My landlords upstairs are home and the front door and front window lights seem brighter than usual. So maybe they are handing out treats. Not sure. I haven't asked them.
Firecrackers are going off - I don't like it! It was always the scariest part of Halloween. It can be really startling to be out and a screecher whizzes in front of you out of nowhere. Older kids, teenagers, hide in bushes and throw them or light them and run away. I know it's not a tradition everywhere but it always has been here in BC, since I was a kid and prior. City bylaws may vary, but both here and Vancouver allow it. I realize I've mentioned it in the past. But I really dislike firecrackers. Not fireworks - people light those in their yards too - but firecrackers, they're like "flash-bangs". They tend to go off randomly all night. I just want to hide inside. I'm pretty sure I won't be going back out for any reason.
In the mid afternoon, there was a little block party a few blocks up. Several yards were decorated with pumpkins and skulls and cobwebs, etc. More festive than normal - I think they went out of their way this year. Lots of houses around here did. There were kids and parents dressed up for this little party - under 10 people - all laughing and having fun. Looked pretty social distanced. They might've been playing some kind of game. I didn't stop to check it out, I just went by.
