Halloween It is celebrated on October 31 of each year, to honor the dead and the deceased. It is believed that at this time, spirits rise from their graves and mix with the living.
Although the holiday is not a traditional holiday in France, over the years, this celebration is gaining more and more popularity among the French masses and is widely influencing cultural and social life.
An important factor for this effect is corporate marketing. Due to the advertising and branding of the products, people are increasingly attracted to the many customs and traditions of this exportable holiday of the United States.
Furthermore, due to globalization, the festival has progressively been incorporated into the social network of people residing in France.
The first Halloween celebration in France dates back to 1982, when the people of the American Dream Bar started celebrating it. Little by little, his attempts to familiarize the festival among the natives paid off and by 1995, his clients were becoming more and more familiar with the festival.
On the other hand, the famous Museum of the Mask in Saint-Hilaire -Saint-Florent was established by the Cesar Group in 1992 and the owners of the museum began to work towards the expansion of the festival throughout France, to starting the following year.
In present times, the new generation in France celebrates Halloween like any average American teenager or child. The popular tradition of "trick or treating" is also done here and young children and children roam from house to house, looking for sweets and confectionery from the people.
As with any other festival, Halloween is also celebrated in France for organizing parties and gatherings, where people spend a good time together and consume homemade cookies, cakes and many other delicious delicacies.
A particular attraction in these types of parties is that people usually come wearing different types of strange costumes and outfits, to fit the mood of the occasion. This includes ghoulish outfits such as ghosts, goblins, ogres, witches, mummies, and vampires.
Apart from this, the shops are decorated; streets are filled with colorful and decorative lights, religious services are held and people visit cemeteries to pay tribute to their deceased friends and relatives