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