Pumpkin: A large, orange vegetable associated with Halloween.
Jack-o-lantern: Traditionally people cut out scary faces in pumpkins and put a candle inside. These pumpkins with faces are called "Jack-o-lanterns." Jack-o-lanterns are made to scare away evil spirits on Halloween.
"trick or treat": On Halloween, children go from house to house and say "trick or treat." This phrase means give me candy or I will play a trick on you. Families usually give the children candy. If the children don't get candy, they sometimes play mean tricks like breaking the house's Jack-o-lantern or putting soap on its windows.
Costume party: A party where everyone dresses in scary costumes.
Goblin: An unkind spirit which plays tricks on people.
Witch: A woman with magic powers.
Warlock: a man with magic powers
Bobbing for apples: This is a traditional Halloween game. You put apples in a barrel of water and people try to take the floating apples out of the water using only their mouths.
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