| Knock your neighbors' doors and wait…you can | | | | frightened at the time of participation. |
| get a chocolate bar or a scary look. This is the fun we | | | | The gruesome disguises resembling vampires, witches |
| have in the tricking or treating on 31st October. | | | | and devils give out a ghostly experience to the |
| Halloween is here again! Trick or Treat is basically an | | | | participants. The trick lacks color if the guises are not |
| U.S. trend to celebrate Halloween. The whole concept | | | | scary enough to bring sweat on your forehead. After |
| is highly interesting. The children dress up in scary | | | | September 11 attack Islamic terrorists' costumes were |
| costumes and they go from door to door yelling "trick | | | | in much demand during Halloween celebr. Each year a |
| or treat?" The trick is usually a scary one and the treat | | | | new trend emerges which catches the fancy of the |
| is all about chocolates and small candies. The | | | | youngsters. In 2004, spider man's costume was a rage. |
| neighbors are also ready to give a gruesome | | | | Though the tricks are not so widely practiced as it |
| welcome in tune with the Halloween mood. The | | | | used to be yet vandalism in all forms are still on the |
| children love to roam with their bags and try to make it | | | | chart |
| heavy with gifts as soon as possible. | | | | The teens and adults enjoy their Halloween mood in a |
| Nowadays treat is more popular than trick. As | | | | different way. They go for scary costume parties and |
| Halloween comes in the season of apple harvests, the | | | | love to listen to Halloween songs. They also like to |
| most common treat item is candy apples. Nuts and | | | | stage a gruesome horror play or characters in a |
| sticky syrup go very well with the apples. But this treat | | | | "haunted house" to have a taste of the trick. The |
| is no more popular with the children as the rumor | | | | party, drinks and odd costumes are Halloween |
| goes- the apples have blades or razors in them for | | | | celebrations although it may sound weird when we try |
| tricking people. These can be dangerous for the | | | | to associate these with an event related to the |
| children. | | | | harvest of apples. |
| In Ireland "barmbrack" is the favorite Halloween treat | | | | UNICEF in North America has given a new dimension |
| for all. A plain ring is placed in the light fruit cake before | | | | to the trick and treat game. The mission started in 1950 |
| baking. If anyone finds it out, he or she will get his or | | | | in Philadelphia. Small boxes are given to children so that |
| her true love on that particular year. | | | | they can get donations from their neighbors while they |
| In Scotland trick is done to earn a good treat. The | | | | are out collecting the gifts. The school students take |
| children impress the neighbors with their style of | | | | part in this noble program and UNICEF collects the |
| costumes and then recite poems, songs and play | | | | money from their assigned schools. So, this is not just |
| tricks to get nuts and dried fruits. The common song | | | | the time to get into gruesome activities and games but |
| of the time is "The sky is blue, the grass is green, may | | | | also to think of those who cannot take part in fun |
| we have our Halloween". The children usually earn | | | | parties. |
| sixpence along with their gifts. But very small children | | | | Keep your masks ready for the tricks. And we should |
| are afraid of the scary looks and they themselves get | | | | not forget to demand our treats this year. |