Today is Halloween in the USA. The children and I will go out soon to hit up our neighbors for candy. This would be a fun local custom for home exchange children visiting from abroad.
Let your swap partners know about local festivals that may occur during their stay in your home. It's a great way to encourage cultural exchange and enhance your swap partners' experience at your home. Don't assume swappers know about events like these. Halloween, for instance, is not widely celebrated outside the United States of America. Here, adults and children alike take part.
You might also want to warn exchangers about less festive celebrations. In San Francisco, for example, this is the first time in three decades that Halloween will not be celebrated with an official party in the Castro District. Last year's fair ended with gunfire, and officials are vowing to prevent violence this year by eliminating the event altogether.
In my home town, I would give swap partners visiting at the end of December the locals' opinion of New Year's Eve in Times Square: avoid it at all costs. They won't, of course, but at least they will have been warned.
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