On a related note, I’ve always been a bit weary of us Europeans “importing” Halloween traditions from the US.
On the other hand, as a European, I have always been fascinated by Halloween, and it’s one of my favorite holidays, though there is no real tradition for the holiday in continental Europe. Of course, Halloween is originally Irish, so it’s certainly European. Still, I like it, I’ve spent lots of time in the US and always enjoyed Halloween (I’ve even been on an incredibly large private Halloween party once that was later crashed by the police (just shortly after I had left… lucked out. 😀 ). I enjoy Halloween and I do take the month of October as an excuse for us to watch horror movies (though I’m not the biggest “horror” movie fan).