Happy Halloween

Halloween is a holiday in many English speaking countries.

It is celebrated on the night of October 31st.

Children wear costumes.

Then they go to peoples' homes saying "Trick or treat!" to ask for candy, sweets in the United Kingdom,

or lollies in Australia.

And then people give it to them.

This practice originally involved a threat.

A threat is when someone says that they will do something bad if they do not get what they want.

In this case the threat could be explained as: "Give me a treat or I will play a trick on you."

Children today usually do not play tricks if they do not get treats.

People sometimes dress up as ghosts, witches, goblins and other scary things for Halloween.