Halloween is a yearly celebration observed on October 31st, the eve of All Hallows' Day. Its origins can be traced back to European harvest festivals and festivals honoring the dead, influenced by the Celtic festival of Samhain. Halloween traditions include wearing costumes, carving pumpkins or turnips, and children going trick-or-treating from house to house asking for treats.

1. HALLOWEEN

2. Halloween
 Halloween is a yearly celebration observed
in a number of countries on October 31, the
eve of the Western Christian feast of All
Hallows.

3. Etymology
 The word Halloween was first used in the
16th century and represents
a Scottish variant of the fuller All Hallows'
Even that is, the night before All Hallows'
Day.

4. History
 According to many scholars, it was
originally influenced by western
European harvest festivals and festivals of
the dead with possible pagan roots,
particularly the Celtic Samhain. Others
maintain that it originated independently of
Samhain and has Christian roots.

5. Symbols
 Ireland and Scotland: TURNIP
 North America: PUMPKIN
Both are drawn and decorated like a head.

6. Costumes
 Halloween costumes are traditionally
modeled after supernatural figures such as
monsters, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and
devils.

7. Trick-or-treating
 Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration
for children on Halloween. Children go in
costume from house to house, asking for
treats such as sweets or sometimes
money, with the question, "Trick or treat?"