Early Halloween Treat

In Russia, there is no such holiday as Halloween. However, there are many people who celebrate it and wear interesting costumes.

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Traditionally people gather at cemeteries for a service to honor the dead (in the afternoon). Halloween has become a thing since the occupation of parts of Germany by the US army after WWII. Now kids in costumes run from house to house in the evening asking for treats just like in North America.

I think, that in all of the former East European Warsaw Pact countries Halloween (as well as Valentine's Day) has been totally absent until 1989. While Valentine's Day is becoming quite popular here, Halloween is still almost ignored in Poland - the reason being, that All Souls' Day tradition of commemorating the dead is so strong, serious and sober here, that for most Poles it would feel improper to Trick or Treat in those days. Which is simply a cultural difference.
Myself, living in US, I've enjoyed Halloween very much, but living back in Poland now, I would rather stay here with our own ways of celebrating those days.

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While we do have halloween here, for most of my life I've lived above the ground floor in like a flat or something so its not really something I've experienced. I only went out a couple of times myself as a kid and we had to travel quite far away to find a place with houses as everywhere else requires buzzing up and I assume most people in flats don't bother buying sweets because you don't expect anyone to knock on your door unless you are close to your neighbour. I don't think I ever went trick or treating with my brothers and only saw them get costumes because of school reasons

My fondest memory was when I went to my great grandparents who lives a couple of hours away. They are in an area with so many houses so I was just a happy little devil and over 10+ years I still got this witch doll they gifted me to celebrate my 1st halloween with them. I still miss the chocolate from one of those houses, it was the best dark chocolate I ever had. I remember the family that gave it to me as they asked if I was a good little devil

Here in Argentina Halloween just wasn't a thing at all until about a decade ago, I only knew about it because of movies and TV series from the US, now there's some people that organize costume parties but that's the extent of it.

In Poland it's not really what we celebrate as a culture thing. It got pretty popular only maybe throughout the last decade or so, mostly cause of social media/TV/movies or series but it only serves as theme for sales/store decorations/parties (either at home or in clubs, costumes or not). There's no such thing as trick-or-treating, people don't get sweets for that.

And it's not like it's illegal, cause it's not, but some conservatives or church authorities would shout on about how it is devilish and such XD

In Brazil we don't have a proper "halloween"... We just dress up like US movies and stuff, but it isn't a thing at all. We probably imported halloween from movies (and english school that likes to share US+UK culture). Candies? Tricks? Treats? Nope. Only costumes.

As far as I'm told, Halloween is primarily a Catholic holiday. Bulgaria (and Russia, and most of Eastern Europe) is Orthodox which doesn't really have that in any way (or Valentine's day, or the whole chocolate thing for Easter). We have a bunch of other equally pointless holidays instead. :D

Honestly, I'm not sure if anything has changed lately since I live in an apartment block and don't go out much. I'd imagine some people dress up just for the heck of it. ^_^'

My first "real" Halloween was I think 13 years ago in the US (I left some gifts there, a zombie rubber duck it was so cool 🥺).
Wasn't really thing 20 years ago here in Germany. Over the years, media and also marketing trying to make it big but can't compare to the US thing.

I know one elderly couple who gets aggro when the kids come: "It's reformation day..." something like this.

It´s not really a thing in Argentina, but in recent years some people celebrate it.

Can't wait! Bring out the skeletons!

There are halloween parties in Hungary, but all hallows eve is the official one. I guess it is weird to light candles to remember your past relatives, then dress up as a slutty whatever, but people manage it.It's fine. But "public" trick or treating won't happen I guess, it's way too foreign of a habit, with no grounding here at all.

I'm personally still all-on for customs that are based on joy and fun, most of our national holidays are about remembering the times when everything sucked. Or we tried to change, but lost and things still sucked. Having fun at halloween is as strange when someone asks you to bite into your back I guess. Fun is forbidden here, only sad remembrance.

I'm from the US, so I've always had Halloween. I appreciate that some people can be apprehensive of American culture overtaking their own, but... Halloween is fun. Dress up, watch some spooky movies, and have some candy.

👻🎃　👀🗾　I've often seen such decorations.
However, last year and this year, due to the "emergency" situation, I haven't seen any so far.
There are no holiday holidays.

Bump in the night :)

yay! happy halloween! thanks!

In France nobody cares about Halloween.

In Canada, Halloween is going strong. Not sure how much the pandemic has affected the trick-or-treating, but it still seems like there are a fair number of them.

I'm not able to enter, but here is a bump nonetheless.

Even though I am way past the age of trick-or-treating (by several decades), I still love the holiday. :)

Happy Early Halloween, thank you for the chance :)