Halloween night promises to be very rainy across the province, but that’s not what will stop the biggest fanatics of this holiday.
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“Nature is going to be scary,” says meteorologist Gilles Brien. The rain will start in the morning, but in the Montreal area especially, the showers will continue in the evening, during the candy harvest. “
Photo courtesy, Angèle L’Ecuyer
Nathalie Boisvert and René Martin, from Victoriaville, put all the gum into it by hiding their facade with a huge fresco of a haunted chapel to welcome the little monsters today, regardless of the weather conditions.
From Quebec to Montreal via Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke, 30 to 60 millimeters of rain are expected by this evening. Environment Canada has also issued a warning for the Baie-Saint-Paul and La Malbaie sectors, which will see more than 50 millimeters of water fall.
Despite everything, the weather will not be as scary as that experienced two years ago when several cities had made the decision to postpone Halloween by one day, assures Mr. Brien.
“There will be no winds like in 2019. But you have to be careful, because the dead leaves soaked in water can be slippery.”
Nothing stops them !
The rain will not stop David Buisson, who has even installed marquees to cover the decorations in front of his home in Chambly, which he calls La maison des ténèbres for the occasion.
Then, he set up a haunted journey inside his house on which guests will come face to face with horrible giant dolls and clowns.
And since Halloween falls on a Sunday this year, many parents are wondering when to start candy picking. Fans agree that you have to wait until after dark to fully experience the experience.
The magic of the dark
“Without darkness, the magic is not totally there,” said Mr. Buisson, who distributes his candies from 5 pm.
“Although you can see the details of the decoration better in the daytime, the real magic happens at night. With the effect of strobes, it even looks like our skeletons are moving, ”adds Nathalie Boisvert, who has transformed her house in Victoriaville into a haunted chapel.
The Mont-real Police Department is asking parents to encourage their children to spend Halloween tonight between 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.