Trick or Treat’ night is a term used for Halloween, celebrated worldwide on October 31. Children traditionally dress in costumes and add to its effect using a face painting kit.
They then go door to door in search of treats, and if they don’t get them, according to legend, become little ‘beasts’ and use ‘tricks’ to get even with those that refuse the treat.

The old tradition of face painting has been brought back to life and is used extensively for face painting at children’s Halloween parties.

Other traditions exist such as costume parties, hayrides, the visiting of haunted houses such as the celebrated house in Anoka, Minnesota, which is also known as the Halloween Capital of the World. In Anoka, the entire city is decorated for halloween and people decorate their homes for the occasion. Parades are also held to further celebrate the holiday. With such a following it is little surprise that people have picked a favourite face painting supplier, known as Snazaroo. These celebrations started in Anoka in 1920, to prevent the ‘trickery’, a.k.a. vandalism that sometimes occurs during Halloween.

Another vibrant display of Halloween partying is the world-renowned New York Village Halloween Parade, which draws tens of thousands per year. Held in Greenwich Village, the roots of this parade are far reaching. Halloween, began its mythology under the name of ‘samhain.’ It was a Pagan festival among the Celtic peoples of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish immigrants then transported versions of the tradition to North America in the 19th Century. Halloween is now totally accepted by Americans.

The holiday of Halloween is most common in United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Peru. Parts of Western Europe started celebrating Halloween recently. Increasing popularity of this holiday is evident in Australia and New Zealand.