As a kid, we didn't celebrate it aside from the odd neighbourhood party.

These days we decorate the house, dress up, play suitable sound effects - creaking door, baying hounds etc, and scare the bejeezus out of the local kids.

The kids love comign as we fully engage and give out loads of candy, but its fun watching the timourous steps up to the front door.

Last yeat we even heard a mum say "and if you don't do your home work, you can go that THAT house..."