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Early 2000s - Halloween first started to gain traction in Australia during the early 2000s.

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Resistance - Many Aussies are resistant to celebrating Halloween because they see it as a very American affectation that diminishes Aussie culture.

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Scottish and Irish import - Scottish and Irish immigrants to North America first started celebrating Hallow's Eve in the early to mid-1800s.

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Commercialisation - There's no doubt the holiday has been intensely commercialised and American-branded and since then.

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Woolworths - Woolworths expects to sell 200,000kg of pumpkins in 2018.

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Aussie Halloween - But Halloween in Australia already has some distinct features from the rest of the world.

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Orange balloons - Only in Australia are orange balloons outside of homes a sign of celebration.

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Halloscream - Starting in 2012, Sydney holds a Halloscream carnival in Luna Park with spooky themed rides and performers.

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Unique concert - While some of these things are copied from other places, holding a concert on Halloween is very Aussie.

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Future Aussie Halloweens - Given this is a relatively new phenomenon, Halloween has room to become much more Aussie in the near future.

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New Zealand - For the Duke and Dutchess of Sussex's visit to New Zealand on October 29, a Kiwi fashion designer used indigenous inspiration for the Halloween-themed costumes.

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Arguments against: lollies for kids - One of the major arguments against accepting Halloween in Australia is that it's an excuse to market lollies to kids.

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Easter? Christmas? - Aussies spend far more on lollies during Easter and Christmas, however, and no one is moving to abolish those holidays.

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Wasteful spending - Another argument against Halloween is that it's an excuse for companies to push wasteful spending on us and it's a strong argument.

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Other countries make their own - In countries where Halloween has been around longer, making your own costume and decorations is part of the fun. Paging Mexico!

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Fear of the supernatural - Around the world, opposition to Halloween stems from a fear of ghosts and magic.

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Encouraging children to beg at night - Some people suggest that Halloween encourages children to go out at night and knock on strangers' doors, which is indeed the case in point. 

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Ancient tradition - The tradition is believed to come from impoverished people begging for bread in exchange for prayers to the spirits of the dead.

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All saints day and all souls day - Hallow's Eve, as it was originally called, was believed to be the day spirits would come out of hiding prior to the Christian All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2).

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Changing of the seasons - Prior to the Christian institutionalisation of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, October 31 was a spiritual celebration of the changing of the seasons.

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Aussies didn't celebrate - But at the time Australia was colonised, many English didn't celebrate all saints day and all souls day, and Halloween was never introduced.

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Lack of history - At the root of the resistance towards Halloween in Australia is that it doesn't reflect Australian history.

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Aussie differences - Aussies tend to dress up as gorier, more graphic characters for Halloween than other countries.

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TV and movies - That's possibly because Aussies' first exposure to Halloween was through TV and movies rather than family or school.

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Children's event - Aussies tend to think of Halloween as an event for children.

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Not just for kids - But Halloween parties for adults and teenagers are major business in North America.

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Sydney suburbs - Aussie trick or treating first began in Sydney's suburbs.

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Spreading - But the popularity of the event is taking the country by storm.

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What's next? - Who knows what spooky future Aussie Halloween will hold.

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