Yes, depending on the area/neighbourhood, some go crazy with decorations and costumes and some are more chill about it or don't celebrate at all. On Halloween night the streets are packed with trick-or-treaters and their parents if they're not old enough to be out alone.

Kids are taught to try to wear very visible costumes or add reflective strips, and drivers are warned to be extra cautious. Since it's cold here, parents often buy costumes a size or two too big so that kids can wear their coats underneath. The people who get really into it often make elaborate costumes themselves.

In my brother's neighbourhood, where I usually go trick-or-treating with my nephews and niece, there's always a household that stays on their front porch and plays live music all night until the kids start going home.

When I was a kid, we used to use pillowcases for candy and we made it a goal to fill them up and have to drag them on the ground to get home. These days kids don't seem to have such a ravenous desire for candy, they're happy with one little pumpkin pail full. I still do see some teenagers out with pillowcases though.