I’m visiting my sister in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Halloween is October 31, but some houses still had their Halloween decorations up when I arrived on November 1. She took me past the best-decorated house in town. It had big dragons and jack-o-lanterns in the yard. Other houses had human skeletons sitting on the porch and ghosts on the grass. My sister’s two grandsons went treat-or-treating dressed up as Darth Vader and a Power Ranger. They were a little scared by the decorations, but they were very happy because they got lots of candy! There was a Halloween parade in the downtown area on October 31. Everyone dressed up as brides and grooms, and when Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” started playing, they danced like zombies. (123 words)