Halloween

In Poland, Halloween is marked on 31 October, the evening before All Saints' Day, but it is not a public holiday. The celebration is strongest among children, teenagers, and businesses that run themed events, especially in larger cities. Near the end of October, kindergartens, schools, private language schools, shopping centres, and clubs often hold costume days or evening parties. Classrooms and shop windows show carved pumpkins, plastic spiders, fake cobwebs, bats, and orange-and-black balloons. Children come dressed as witches, vampires, ghosts, skeletons, zombies, or film characters, and schools may organize face painting, photo corners, and competitions for the best costume.

Late in the afternoon and into the evening, some children go door to door and say "Cukierek albo psikus?", the Polish version of "trick or treat?". This happens more often in housing estates, gated communities, or streets of detached houses where neighbors know one another or have agreed in advance to take part. Adults usually give wrapped sweets such as chocolate bars, lollipops, or jelly candies rather than homemade food. Many Polish families do not celebrate Halloween at all, or keep it to a school party, because 1 November is All Saints' Day; at the same time, they may be buying chrysanthemums and grave candles for cemetery visits the next day.

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