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welcome! Welcome to Eppertless English. Today's podcast is called Trick or Treat. Another episode about Halloween.

Okay, here we go. Trick or Treat.

The main event of modern US style Halloween is trick or treating, in which children dress up

in costume disguises and go door to door in their neighborhood, ringing each doorbell and yelling,

trick-or-treat!

The occupants of the house, who might themselves dress in a scary costume,

will then hand out small candies, miniature chocolate bars, and other treats.

Some American homes will use sound effects and fog machines to help set a spooky mood. Children can often accumulate many treats on Halloween night, filling

up entire pillowcases or shopping bags. Tricks play less of a role in modern Halloween, though Halloween night is often marked by vandalism,

such as soaping windows, egging houses, or stringing toilet paper through trees.

Typical Halloween costumes have traditionally been monsters such as vampires, ghosts, witches, and devils.

In recent years, it has become common for costumes to be based on things other than traditional horror,

such as dressing up as a character from a TV show or movie,

or choosing a recognizable face from the public sphere, such as a politician.

A child usually grows out of trick-or-treating by his or her teenage years.

Trick-or-treating by teenagers is accepted but generally discouraged with genial ribbing by those handing out candy.

Teenagers and adults instead often celebrate Halloween with costume parties, staying home to give out candy,

listening to Halloween music,

watching horror movies, or scaring people.

Visiting a haunted house is another Halloween tradition.

A variant of this is the haunted trail,

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