Last weekend, I helped Nina, (my massage therapist) with preparations for a children's Halloween party. Nina and her husband Harri held the party in their massage office and gym, allowing plenty of room for the twenty-five young party guests to run around wildly in their costumes. All of the kids spoke English very well, so I was able to converse, and even joke around with them. The blonde woman holding Spiderman is Nina (with her youngest son in costume, Jesse). Nina cleverly converted one of her massage tables into a snack bar (as shown in the photo with the pirate and vampire).
Typically, during October, the trick-or-treat version of the Halloween holiday is not celebrated as widely as in the United States. Instead, most Finns observe All Saints Day on the first of November. On this day, families honor their ancestors by lighting votive candles at home, and by placing lanterns on the grave markers of deceased relatives.
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