Johnny Ringo said:
do people still 'trick or treat' or is that more of a hollywood thing? Halloween generally goes by unnoticed here in Oz.

Sweet! Johnny is from the merry ol' land of Oz! Yes, I have heard trick or treating was not so big over there, and that the Munchkins pretty much like to dress up all the time, rendering Halloween just like any other day.

But yeah, here in much of the US, trick or treating is pretty big, I never thought of it as anything to do with Hollywood. Pretty much in most neighborhoods with children in them make a pretty big deal fo the event. You have ankle-biters, younglings, and even some shoulder-highs, dressed up as all sorts of crazy things, carrying around sacks, buckets, and pillowcases knocking on your doors and ringing your bells demanding sugary goodness. People decorate their lawns and houses, and some people even convert their garages and backyards into haunted tours.

In all the parts of America I have lived in, Halloween is pretty big and tricker treating is a big part of it. Many movies may depict tick or treating, but that is pretty much how it is in real life.