Halloween is a deeply nostalgic time for anyone who remembers walking the streets as a child—with a pumpkin-shaped bag in hand, a glittery polyester witch’s hat on our heads, and parents in sweaters pushing us along in front of them to chant “trick or treat” in front of houses that were, after all, pretty scary.
And then, later on, Halloween parties, punch, parties at the hottest guy’s house in high school, and long nights spent hanging out watching scary movies. Halloween, of course, is also a pagan festival where it’s said that the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is very thin; our ancestors are watching us, we hear whispers coming from dark corners and closets with doors left ajar, andwe talk to ghosts.
This year, in a very esoteric twist of fate, Halloween falls on a Saturday night. And for us—who now have a job to do and a 40-minute nightly ritual of creams and serums—that’s absolutely delightful. And we won’t have another one until 2037.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31—HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN PARTIES, AND A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATIONS
Yes, there are seven days in a week—and yes, it changes from year to year. But this October 2026, numerology tells us that the year is special, almost perfect. The New Moon is on October 10 (10/10), and the full moon of the month is on October 26, 2026, at 12:12 p.m. Astrologers are rubbing their hands together; we’ve decided to go get a tarot reading before the end of the month.
A Saturday-night Halloween is the perfect opportunity to party in style. First, by taking the kids out to trick-or-treat—we get to join in, too—early enough, and then, once they’re in bed, we head out into the city to one of Montreal’s many Halloween parties.
We’ll have spent the day carving pumpkins while sipping a “pumpkin spice latte” and—it’s allowed—munching on tiny boxes of Smarties. That’s a must.
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