To me it's a kid's holiday. It's all about costumes and candy.

I remember my son's first trick or treat. A bunch of us got together. He must have been about 4 or 5. I explained to him before hand that we would ring the bell and when they answered, the kids would all say, "Trick or treat!" And the people would give them candy. Well, I could tell my son didn't believe it, but he was willing to humor me.

So the first few houses we went to, no one was home. I remember he gave me a look of such pity, as if to say, "You really believe this will work, don't you?" Finally we started getting some candy, and he loved it.

One year, when he was 11, we lived in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I didn't know they didn't celebrate Halloween there. So I put him in a costume and went door to door. What a fiasco! I think they thought Halloween was some kind of satanic holiday. Needless to say we got no candy that Halloween. At one house my son said, "Trick or treat!" and the lady kept saying, "What?" And he'd repeat, "Trick or treat!" Finally she just said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand English."