Has the UK caught with the US in ‘ celebrating Halloween ?

When visiting America in the mid 90s , ( a suburb of Washington DC ) i was surprised what a big thing Halloween was compared to England .

The houses where’ decorated with great care and style ( the opposite to Chinese tat seen in the UK now)

Alll Hallows day was very low key here 30 years ago . Now we have imported the tradition of Trick or Treat and it has become a commercially exploited occasion .

The Christian church disproves , but as we have become a much more secular society , not much notice is taken .

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OldBrit · 61-69, M

Like you I started working for a USA company in the early 90s. I remember a trip to CT that fell over halloween. Driving into the downtown area after work the streets were full of kids and people.

In my road it's never approached that yet but it's definitely more of a thing now. We use to do apple bobbing and a few things like that. Trick or Treat I never heard of until Charlie Brown picked up and then it exploded with ET as the typically UK celebration of Guy Fawkes night (let's burn a catholic everyone!) lost its place in the country's culture.