Celebrate Halloween Day at High School IESO Los Salados

Halloween is celebrated on the last day of October (the 31st).

To celebrate Halloween, children often dress up as witches, ghosts and mummies or famous people such as Superman and Spiderman.

One popular Halloween activity is "trick-or treating". Children dress up in their costumes, then go to people's houses. They knock on the door and say "trick or treat?" This means, give us a treat (usually some sweets), or we´ll play a trick on you. Most people give the sweets.

American teenagers often celebrate Halloween with a costume party. They may also watch horror movies, listen to music or tell each other ghost stories.

Visiting haunted houses and graves are also popular activities.

One of the most important Halloween symbols is the "Jack O'Lantern". This is a pumpkin that has been cut to form a face. A candle is often placed inside it and people put the lantern in the front windows of houses.

The most common Halloween food is the "toffee apple" (also known as the "candy apple"). This is basically an apple that has been covered in sticky sugar syrup.

Did you know that there really are so-called vampire bats? They live in Central and South America, and feed on the blood of cattle.