Halloween night settles over the neighborhood, streets glowing with an orange hue from porch lights and jack-o’-lanterns. Paper ghosts sway on strings, plastic skeletons rattle on porches, and leaves crunch underfoot. Kids in costumes run door to door with pillowcases full of candy, their laughter mixing with the hum of old string lights. The air smells of pumpkin and cold autumn, every house shining like a beacon of nostalgic Halloween warmth.