Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st and is one of the most popular holidays in the United States, especially for kids and candy 🍫 🍭 lovers alike. Although it has ancient origins, originally based on the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”), today it is mainly a fun and social celebration.

Halloween is also a time to enjoy the spookier side of life. People celebrate ghosts, zombies, haunted houses, and all things creepy and fun – often with Halloween parties for children and adults.

Children dress up in costumes and go door to door saying, “Trick or treat!” asking for candy from their neighbors. Many families carve pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns and decorate their homes with spooky displays. 

Halloween is a chance for people of all ages to enjoy creativity, traditions, and a little bit of harmless fright.

Popular vocabulary

• 🚪 Trick-or-treat – the Halloween activity where children dress up and go door to door for candy
• 🎃 Pumpkin – a round orange vegetable often carved into a jack-o’-lantern
• 👻 Ghost – the spirit of a dead person, often imagined as white and floating
• 🧙 Witch – a woman with magical powers, often shown with a broomstick and pointed hat
• 🧛 Vampire – a creature that drinks blood and avoids sunlight
• 🧟 Zombie – a dead person who comes back to life, usually walking slowly
• ☠️ Skeleton – the bones of a body, often shown as decorations or costumes
• 🏚️ Haunted house – a spooky or abandoned house believed to have ghosts
• 😱 Scary – something that causes fear or makes you feel afraid
• 🎭 Costume – special clothing worn to look like someone or something else