Today, most people are not afraid of such things, and Halloween is a time for fun. Now it is holiday for children instead of a custom for adults. The colors of Halloween are black and orange. Black is the color of the evil spirits and orange is the color of the bright fires. Often there are Halloween parties at home or at school. Every child puts on a colored mask to cover his or her face. Some masks look like ghosts or witches, some are beautiful princesses, some are funny animals, and some are ugly monsters. Every child must wear a costume too. Many children like to get dressed as witches or ghosts. To make a ghost costume the child puts a sheet over his or her head and cuts holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth. To made a witch costume he or she dresses all in black with a tall black hat, and he or she carries a broom. Many people decorate their houses with orange and black paper and pictures of ghosts and witches. In the window of almost every house we can see a big, round, orange pumpkin, with a face shining in the darkness. The pumpkin has either a smiling or fierce face cut in it, and there is a candle inside to make the face shine brightly.