we had a great time here. halloween was never a trigger for me. In my culture Halloween is like memorial day. we take time to honor those that are no longer here. my family also chooses a theme where we decorate the whole house in that theme, our meals and candy reflect that theme, our costumes also reflect that theme. example one year our home became Sesame Street. this years theme was Hogwarts. My children have discovered the joys of harry potter this past summer. we took the kids out around the neighborhood and checked out some of the neighborhood decorations and came home with enough candy to keep a dentist in business. one house in the neighborhood was a labryinth\ maze complete with music, ghosts, goblins and popular characters from the movie Beetlejuice. A good time was had for all here in my neighborhood.