Halloween

Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31.
Originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, it is celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century.
The term Halloween is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day", All Saints' Day.
Many European cultural traditions, in particular Celtic cultures, hold that Halloween is one of the times of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world, and when magic is most potent...

The main event for children of modern Halloween in the United States and Canada is trick-or-treating, in which children disguise themselves in costumes and go door-to-door in their neighborhoods, ringing each doorbell and yelling "trick or treat!" to solicit a gift of candy or similar items.

We went to the Valley Fair Shopping center to see the children in costumes, walking from store to store to get some candies or gifts. It is so cute to see babies and toddlers disguised in pumpkins, nemo and other vegetables or heros...

Then, we took the road for the Stanford University campus where some students organized a party for Halloween. We did not stay late because we have to work tomorrow but it was fun. I did not have any specific costume so I decided to dress as a "school girl". A student told me that I was disguised in Britney Spears... Hey, that was not really what I had in mind when I dressed up...