Halloween is a popular Christian Holiday observed annually on October 31. People generally celebrate it by wearing costumes, throwing Halloween parties, holding bonfires, telling scary stories and making jack o’ lanterns. Trick-or-treating is a ritualistic custom for children on Halloween. Kids go around on this day to every house in the neighborhood to ask for treats like candy, sweets and money with the question ‘trick or treat’ to every person who opens the door to them. If no treat is given, they perform some kind of mischief to the person hence the term ‘trick or treat’.

Traditionally Halloween themes invite the age old subjects of awe and horror like death, monsters, vampires, werewolves, occult, witchcraft, ghosts and the like. Black is the symbolistic color associated with this momentous day. Homes are decorated with pumpkins and scarecrows during Halloween. It is believed that if you disguise yourself by wearing costumes and masks, you can ward off harmful spirits and ghouls and that is why people dress in traditional costumes. Bonfires are a part of a cleansing ritual or performance and play an important part of the festival.

Costumes are sometimes primarily based on conventional themes to scare off spirits and demons. Pop culture icons, film stars and characters from television shows are what individuals choose from for their costumes. Because the Harry Potter book and film series release, lots of costumes during parties are based mostly on this spooky and hit production.

A lot of people also dress as the favored character ‘the Joker’ from the Batman film ‘Dark Knight’ directed by Christopher Nolan. Games equivalent to apple bobbing and gazing on the mirror on Halloween night to see your future partner are common. Because the holiday comes within the opening of the apple harvest competition foods resembling sweet apple or caramel apple are much in demand. Halloween costumes are a rage with teenagers and school students during this much liked and well-known occasion.

Revelers stay up all night usually to celebrate this festival and bonfires held throughout the night aren’t uncommon during these times. Halloween also signifies the time to chase out the old and bring in the new. It also celebrates the defeat of evil forces; to elaborate that evil can never win over goodness. The triumph of good over evil is a common universal theme which Halloween borrows from. Children are often seen dressed up in their costumes roller-skating or biking their way to people’s houses on this ominous day.