萬(wàn)圣節在每年的10月31日,當晚小孩會(huì )穿上化妝服，戴上面具，挨家挨戶(hù)收集糖果，這是西方世界的傳統節日。萬(wàn)圣節流傳到今天已經(jīng)完全沒(méi)有了宗教迷信色彩，它成了一個(gè)孩子們的節日，也是年輕人化裝舞會(huì )的節日。南瓜是萬(wàn)圣節的代表，在腦袋上套個(gè)南瓜吧，記得留幾個(gè)洞，幽靈的傳說(shuō)也遍及全世界，鬼怪的節日自然也少不了它的出現，還有可怕的僵尸，冷酷的吸血鬼，巫婆、黑貓、掃把、魔法帽、科學(xué)怪人、精靈、半人馬、狼人、魔鬼、不死火焰鳥(niǎo)、牛頭人、蜥蜴人、木乃伊、大腳怪、巫妖、矮人、巨魔、無(wú)頭騎士、骷髏等等很多的萬(wàn)圣節的經(jīng)典人物，給萬(wàn)圣節增添了很多的色彩。

　　Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints' Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.

　　Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".

　　The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.