I remember waiting for it to get dark so we could go out! It was so much fun. Just the kids and a scattering of adults who usually stood around talking while we went house to house. One of my neighbors always dressed up as a witch and decorated her house. To get one of her awesome homemade candied apples, you had to walk down her scary front hall and she was sitting there dressed as a witch with a smouldering cauldron. It was scary for a 5 year old, but so much fun!
In my neighborhood now the kids come around in the back of pickup trucks or with their parents in golf carts. A few years ago, I had two parents yelling at each other across the street in front of my house. When got out of their trucks and started into the street like they were going to get in a fight, I turned off the lights and locked the doors. No wonder kids don't know how to behave!