We don’t really celebrate Halloween so much here in Australia, although I think in some parts kids might do a bit of dressing up and foraging for sweets and treats and such.

The only Halloween I know was when I was around 8 years old or so and travelled to the USA with my family to visit with some friends and relatives who lived there.  My cousin and I dressed up in our costumes (I have hazy memories of me being a fairy but also wearing a beanie, gloves and tights and my cousin was an axe murderer or something with fake blood on his shirt – a bit un-pc, oops!) and we roamed around scabbing for lollies from the neighbours with all the other kids and families.  I never did anything like that before and it was so much fun!  I ended up with the biggest shopping bag of lollies I’ve ever seen and it lasted for ages.  I remember my cousin eating all of his over a couple of days, and I still had heaps left and we kept bickering and giving each other dead arms (remember those?) because he wanted some of mine.  Awesome fun for our parents while road tripping around the US I’m sure!

I remember the decorations and warm lights and how it was even better than Christmas, how cheery and sweet people were and that it was freezing crispy cold in Wisconsin where we were at the time.

Anyway, I found these cool vintage Halloween postcards and images.  Aren’t they great?

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