Thanks, Krissel
That was an interesting read.
I never came across Halloween until I went to boarding school in the 1970's in England. There was a girl from Massachusetts whose mother sent her masses of stuff for Halloween which she duly decked out around her bed area. I remember the Charlie Brown Halloween stickers mostly but there were endless paper things, like Christmas really.
In the UK Halloween never meant much until about 10-15 years ago. My OH blames The Simpsons!