HALLOWEEN

Halloween is essentially a young people’s holiday. It is celebrated in the U.S.A. on the night of October 31st every year. The origin of this holiday dates back to the popular superstitions of many people: the Druids of anticent Gaul and Britain, the Irish and the Scotch.
The theme of harvest, characteristic of modern Halloween celebrations comes from the Druids’ rites and the Romans’ festivals in honour of Pomona, the goddess of fruit.
Halloween is a night- time holiday. On this night the children dress up in grotesque costumes and go from one house to another, carrying bags in their hands and ringing door bells. As the door opens they shout Trick or treat. But adults enjoy seeing the children and make sure they are ready with plenty of sweets, biscuits and fruit. The tricks, when they do occur, are usually no more serious than soaped windows or some misplaces garden tool.
Some schools have Halloween costume parties for children. Special features of such parties are bobbing for apples and telling fortunes of stories.