When I was a kid in the UK in the early 70s - we used to wander the streets with a hollowed out turnip with a candle in it, and because both of my parents worked full-time, by the time they got to the shops to buy the turnips, all the big ones had gone, so quite often we walked round with turnips the size of large apples We didn`t knock on neighbours doors, or do anything much apart from walk up and down our street, with frequent visits home when the wind blew out the candles.
Nowadays it`s all become very americanized with pumpkins and `trick or treating` but with parents walking round with their children or having Halloween parties.
Guy Fawkes night was another great laugh when I was growing up - we used to make a guy with old clothes stuffed with newspapers (or someone`s younger brother) and put them in a pram and wait outside the bingo, where we knew the women leaving would give us `a penny for the guy`
Ah, the simple pleasures of life !!!!