Halloween in Chile

Halloween is somewhat of a new concept here in Chile and has only been around for about 15-20 years...which is why not everyone here gets as pumped up as people in the US. When my friends said that not many people get dress up, I was expecting actually no one and when I left my house in the evening, Iwas quite surprised to see a few kids walking up and down the street asking for candy. Unlike us, mischief night is also celebrated the same night as halloween but all they do here is throw eggs i think because i didn't see any houses tee-peed...In supermarkets and grocery stores they are not banning selling eggs to children at night either because when i stopped by a store, i saw 4 little boys about 12 buying a two cases of about 24 eggs.

As for halloween parties...most of those I heard of were being organized by exchange students, but as for the night, it was basically a regular Saturday and people could dress up if they wanted too...festivities that we have in the US were definitely missed but no big deal, there are costume parties all the time here and costumes aren't as easy to find.