Halloween Visits Town

We don't celebrate Halloween in Australia. It's an American custom, as far as I know, but Wikipedia informs us that Ireland, UK and Canada also celebrate it.

So I was a bit surprised to find a bunch of kids in front of my door last night, all nicely dressed up in witches and nurses (?) costumes asking me, "Trick or treat." So surprised all I could say was, "Sorry kids. We're not big on Halloween." Even more surprisingly they weren't bothered by that. I'm just wondering if my house has been pelted with rotten eggs overnight however.

I guess I could have wiggled my ears or my eyes for them but perhaps kids aren't really interested in tricks. Somebody else came knocking later in the evening so I just ignored them. Not being a grouch or anything. It's like asking a Jew to celebrate midnight mass. It's not something I believe in.