• you are not obligated to visit your relatives
• you are not obligated to get gifts for anybody
• people will give you candy for absolutely no reason other than it’s Halloween
• it’s the only day of the year when it’s socially acceptable to go out in public dressed as a penguin

• El más allá, ultratumba, vida después de la muerte. Afterlife
• Trick-or-treat. Truco o trato
• Aparición. Aparition
• Sobrenatural. Supernatural
• Otoño. Autumn, fall
• Medianoche. Midnight
• Noche. Night
• Luna. Moon
• Superstición. Superstition
• Murciélago. Bat
• Gato negro. Black cat
• Araña. Spider
• Lechuza. Owl
• Sangre. Blood
• Hueso. Bone
• Palo de escoba. Broomstick
• Cadáver. Cadaver, corpse
• Capa. Cape
• Colmillos. Fangs
• Ataúd. Coffin
• Caldero. Cauldron
• Globos oculares. Eyeballs
• Miedo. Fear
• Cementerio. Cemetery
• Cripta. Crypt
• Tumba. Grave, tomb
• Magia. Magic
• Casa encantada. Haunted house
• Niebla. Fog
• Oscuro. Dark
• Grito. Scream, shout, yell
• Dulces, chuches, golosinas, caramelos. Candy, sweets 
• Disfraz. Costume
• Alien. Alien
• Ángel. Angel  
• Bailarina. Ballerina 
• Astronauta. Austronaut
• Bestia. Beast
• El coco, El hombre del saco. Bogeyman
• Payaso. Clown
• Elfo. Elf
• Hada. Fairy
• Duende. Goblin
• Cowboy. Cowboy
• Pirata. Pirate
• Parche (en el ojo). Eyepatch
• Fantasma. Ghost
• Espíritu. Spirit
• Monstruo. Monster
• Hombre lobo. Werewolf
• Zombi. Zombie
• Ogro. Ogre
• Momia. Mummy
• Vampiro / Vampiresa. Vampire
• Demonio. Demon, devil
• La Muerte. Death
• Muerto/a. Dead
• Asustado/a. Afraid
• Malvado/a. Evil
• Macabro/a. Macabre
• Misterioso/a. Mysterious
• Repulsivo/a. Repulsive

Dear Great Pumpkin,

I am looking forward to your arrival on Halloween night. I hope you will bring me lots of presents. You must get discouraged because more people believe in Santa Claus more than in you. Well, let’s face it… Santa Claus has had more publicity. But being number two, perhaps you try harder. Everyone tells me you are a fake, but I believe in you.

P.S. If you really are a fake, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know.

You need to listen to me. The world’s a hungry place. A dark place. I’ve only met two or three people like us. They died. When I was a kid, I bumped into these things. I don’t know about magic. I, I always called it “the shining”.