User blog comment:Planterobloon/Halloween/@comment-5334494-20131021202120/@comment-4814638-20131022114703

It's mostly celebrated in the United States. Basically, you put up carved pumpkins and other forms of creepy decoration outside your house. If you're younger than 12 (or 14, depending on the family), you get to dress up in a costume and go to other people's houses and get candy. If you are 12 (or 14) or older, you get to pass out candy to the kids. (Sounds like punishment for being too old, but you do get free access to candy without leaving the house. Perfect for downplayed hikikomori, like me! *awesomefacing*)