Hallowe´en

Hallowe´en or Halloween is a popular festival in Britain and in the USA. It is on 31 st October. The word is a short for "Hallows" "Evening"- the night before "All Saints´ Day". On that night, according to the tradition, ghosts and witches are free to be on Earth.
Nowadays Halloween is an amusing festival celebrated also in Portugal. Children usually dress up withes and ghosts, as dracula and vampires and go to parties.
People cut faces in pumpkins and use them as lanterns.
In our schools some children dress up as witches, cut pumpkins and use them as lanterns. We did a party and students loved this festival.