Halloween Around the World
In Mexico, this holiday, celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, honors deceased loved ones with altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
This black bird is often associated with bad luck and is a common symbol of Halloween.
What is a raven (or crow)?
This 1966 television special features the Peanuts characters and a very special pumpkin.
What is It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
This is the name for the practice of dressing up in costumes and going door-to-door asking for candy.
What is trick-or-treating?
This creature, often depicted as a hairy beast, is said to howl at the full moon.
What is a werewolf?
In this Caribbean nation, Halloween is celebrated alongside "Fet Gede," a Vodou festival honoring the spirits of the dead.
What is Haiti?
According to superstition, a black cat crossing your path is said to bring this.
What is bad luck?
This 1978 horror film, directed by John Carpenter, features a masked killer named Michael Myers.
What is Halloween?
This is the name for the Halloween custom where a type of fruit is placed into a basin of water and participants attempt to retrieve them without using their hands.
What is apple bobbing?
This creature, from Greek mythology, is a woman with snakes for hair whose gaze turns people to stone.
Who is Medusa?
In this country, Halloween is celebrated with "Guy Fawkes Night" on November 5th, featuring bonfires and fireworks.
What is England?
This symbol, often carved into pumpkins, is meant to ward off evil spirits.
What is a jack-o'-lantern?
This 1988 film features Michael Keaton as the ghostly "bio-exorcist" summoned by a deceased couple with the aim of removing the current residents from their previous home.
What is Beetlejuice?
This tradition, popular in the United States, involves kids going around to vehicles in a parking lot to receive treats rather than walking around a neighborhood of houses for treats.
What is trunk-or-treat?
This creature, from Scandinavian folklore, is a troll-like being that lives in the mountains and is said to turn to stone in sunlight.
What is a troll?
In this Asian country, the Hungry Ghost Festival is held during the seventh lunar month, when spirits are said to roam the earth.
What is China?
This is the name for the superstition that breaking a mirror brings seven years of this.
What is bad luck?
This 1991 film, based on a classic TV series, features Gomez, Morticia, and Wednesday Addams as they navigate the modern world.
What is The Addams Family?
This tradition, popular in the United States, involves participants riding through a spooky outdoor trail filled with actors and props.
What is a haunted hayride?
This undead creature, often depicted with green skin and a hunger for brains, is a staple of modern horror films and Halloween costumes.
What is a zombie?
This ancient Roman festival, held in late October, honored the dead and is one of the many precursors to modern Halloween.
What is Parentalia (or Feralia)?
In Halloween folklore, this animal is said to be a witch's familiar and is often depicted perched on a broomstick.
What is a cat?
This 1998 film, a remake of a 1960 horror classic, features a witch named Winifred Sanderson and her sisters.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This is the name for the practice of leaving food and drink out for spirits on Halloween, a tradition that evolved into trick-or-treating.
What is "souling" (or "guising")?
This creature from Irish folklore is a small, mischievous spirit that haunts a specific household and is often associated with a pot of gold.
What is a leprechaun?