Please, somebody tell me that uni stdents don't have exams then.
Depends on which uni you go to and what year it is. Usually the exam period begins in early November, but, like Easter, it does move a little each year, so Halloween sometimes falls on the first or second week of exams. (This tends to be places that have ten week trimesters like Deakin, rather than places with 12 week semesters like Monash or Melbourne; they usually have SWOTVAC/ StuVac that week.)
I remember one year some students wore Halloween costumes to their exam since the exam was on the same day as Halloween, no joke.
Mundane life update: I found my old winter gloves last week and they still fit. Going to work in the frigid cold morning weather is now much more bearable.