On October 31st British people celebrate Halloween. It is the most colorful and exciting holiday of the year.
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Halloween is time for fun. It is very dear to those who celebrate it, especially to children and teenagers.
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Streets and houses are decorated with pumpkins.
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In ancient times people made fires and danced around them. They hoped to frighten evil spirits and to bring warmth to their houses.
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The traditional decoration is Jack-o-lantern. People cut holes in the pumpkin and put a candle inside it. It looks frightening at night!
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Children dress up, go from house to house and cry: “Trick or treat”? You are to give them some tasty things or they will play a trick on you.
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The most popular costumes are of witches, skeletons, black cats, ghosts and other.
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At Halloween parties children play traditional games. Many games date back to the harvest festivals of very ancient times.
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One of the most popular is called bobbing for apples. One child at a time has to get apples from a tub of water without using hands. But how to do this? By sinking his or her face into the water and biting the apple!