Topic: Witches, Goblings and the whole crazy thing

What's the first thing in your mind when thinking about Halloween? Wicked pumpkins? Flying brooms? Horror movies? Actually, it's more than that. Halloween is a holiday which takes place on 31st October.
Its roots have to be found in a Celtic festival and the Christian holiday All Saints' day.

Trick or treat : it is a customary practice for children to carry bags full of sweets and knock on every door they come across to ask for sweets. They are in disguise  ( horror costumes) and they ask the popular question "trick or treat?". If any sweet is given to them, they may perform mischief on their property such as throwing eggs or painting the walls.

Wearing costumes: it is a tradition to wear costumes (usually scary costumes such as skeletons, vampires ghosts,..) on this special night. But not only costumes but accessories: masks, make-up, wigs,.. The more frightening you look, the better for the occasion.

Jack-o'-lanterns : carving Jack-o'-lanterns or scary pumpkins is a tradition when this season is coming. This practice was named like this after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs (swamps). In a jack-o'-lantern, typically the top is cut off and remains the rest which is hollow. At night, a candle is placed inside the pumpkin (which normally has a strange face of horror made of cuts with a knife).

Apple bobbing: it is a game customarily played on Halloween. It comes from the verb "to bob for " which means to pick up with your teeth (or at least try to). The game is played by filling a basin with water and putting apples in the water. Players then try to catch one with their teeth. You mustn't use your hands and often are tied behind the back to prevent cheating.

Origin of the name : the word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556.

Pumpkin: calabaza

Broom : escoba

To come across: encontrarse

disguise: disfraz

mischief:travesura

wigs:pelucas

frightening:aterrador

to carve:tallar

bogs:cienagas

hollow:hueco

basin:estanque

to prevent: impedir