Halloween is celebrated on October 31. On Halloween, American children dress up in funny or scary costumes and go "trick or treating" by knocking on doors in their neighborhood. The neighbors are expected to respond by giving them small gifts of candy or money.
Halloween was once "devils night", and entire ends of cities became torched by arsonists and hoodlum vandals, causing massive urban renwal. I believe it was US President Grover Cleavland that proclaimed Halloween a holiday, to appease the mobs, and curb the rampant hoodlum vandalizum and arson, and made it into a "Gimmie Pig" holiday ... Gimmie candy, or else ... And we won't burn down your entire end of town. :hehe:
Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It initiates the triduum of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers. Within Allhallowtide, the traditional focus of All Hallows' Eve revolves around the theme of using "humor and ridicule to confront the power of death.