Whole neighbourhood in the Halloween spirit
5:00AM Thursday November 01, 2007
By Alanah May Eriksen
Nicola Burton tries to scare kids who are out trick or treating. Photo / Dean Purcell
Burnley Tce was the place to be for trick-or-treating in Auckland last night.
The Mt Eden street was speckled with Halloween decorations - jack-o'-lanterns, pictures of ghosts and fake cobwebs. Ghouls, witches, wizards, zombies, pirates, fairies - even Snow Whites - were out to play.
At one house halfway down the street, Alison Laurent could almost pass for a real witch. The grey-haired woman served lollies from a cauldron with her 16-year-old daughter Kassie. At their house, three cats run about and an old clock chimes in the background.
"I've heard a few comments that this is the house to go to on Halloween," Ms Laurent said.
It's 6.30pm and the mother-and-daughter pair have already gone through 12 bags of lollies.
The US tradition of Halloween seems to be getting more popular, Ms Laurent said.
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