Something spooky is happening in and around Paris. Porcelain shops near the Eiffel Tower and boutiques and department stores along the Champs-Elysees are taking on an orange and black glow.
Plump pumpkins sprout in florist's shops.
Bats dangle above pastry counters. Dark, pointy-headed figures on broomsticks loiter under the moonlit sky. Delicately spun spider webs hang in store windows. Until around the mid-1990s, Halloween had been reserved for the Americans living or studying abroad, who organized costume parties to keep their American spirit alive. A Halloween Festival in Biarritz.