We have great fun at halloween. Geoff and I always dress up and until this year took the kids around for trick or treat. They went with friends this time so we stayed home and opened the door to other kids, all dressed up and polite some with parents and some not. The atmosphere around the streets is fun and I have never had any negative elements. When we get home its halloween party food and mulled wine (black lemonade for the kids). I think we had a couple of dozen groups this year and they loved being met at the door by a vampire or witch