Boo!!! Spooky....

Ghosts, Jack-o'-lanterns, pumpkins, witches, zombies, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some facts:

• It's celebrated on 31 October, the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain.

• It was originally called All Hallows'eve (hallow=saints).

• Halloween colours are orange (related to harvest in autumn) and black (related to death).

• Today it has become a very popular tradition for kids and teenagers.

• People dress up as monsters or ghosts and use tomato ketchup to look like a vampire.

• Dressed up children visit the houses in their neighbourhood asking for "trick or treat". Treats are sweets or money.

• You can make a pumpkin lantern carving the vegetable, then you must put a candle on the inside, it makes a scary effect.

• Children play apple bobbing, a play where some apples are placed in a large bowl with water and you must bite an apple without using your hands or- to make it more difficult- with your eyes covered with a scarf.

• Not in the mood for a Halloween party? Watch an horror film with your friends! Spooky! Booo..!