halloween is celebrated in the usa and has become popular in europe too many children and adults go to halloween parties wearing scary costumes and masks costumes american children take their costumes and masks to school some typical halloween costumes are witches ghosts skeletons monsters vampires and aliens many parents make the costumes but some prefer to buy them [Music] in the afternoon the children put on their costumes and have a halloween party at school pumpkins ghosts witches and bats decorate the school hall and the classrooms bobbing for apples bobbing for apples is an old english game to
play this game you put water and apples in a big bowl the apples stay on top of the water you must take an apple out of the water with your teeth but you can't use your hands it's not easy many people get very wet [Music] jack-o-lanterns it is a popular tradition in the usa to buy a big pumpkin and make a jack-o-lantern [Music] put their jack-o-lanterns in front of the windows of their homes or in their gardens this tradition originated in great britain and ireland when people wanted to frighten evil spirits but they didn't use
pumpkins then they used big turnips in the united states there weren't any turnips so people used pumpkins [Music] trick-or-treating another popular halloween tradition is trick-or-treating this began in the 19th century and was an irish tradition irish immigrants brought trick-or-treating to the united states today children and teenagers go trick-or-treating in the evening they visit their neighbors houses in their costumes when the door opens they say trick-or-treat people usually give them sweets or money but when people don't give them a treat the children play a trick they sometimes write on windows with soap or even throw an
egg at the front door of the house halloween is not just for children many teenagers and adults wear costumes and go to parties on halloween night [Music] you
