What are YOU doing for Halloween?

Are you celebrating Halloween this year?

We're officially in October, the Autumn chill has arrived and one extremely spoooooky occasion is just around the corner...

It's Halloween of course.

Halloween takes place on the 31 October every year and is celebrated in countries all around the world.

It's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.

It's common to see people dressing up in costumes on Halloween, with many people choosing super creepy outfits.

Spooky outfits were worn during Samhain as they were believed to scare away any evil spirits lurking in the shadows of the celebrations.

Creepy costumes are a big part of the Halloween festivities

Pumpkins are also a common sight around Halloween time.

Known as jack-o'-lanterns, the tradition of carving the bright orange fruit is thought to have come from an Irish myth about a man known as Stingy Jack who played a trick on the devil.

His naughty prank meant his soul was left to wander the Earth forever with nothing more than a lantern made from a carved turnip and a piece of burning coal.

In Ireland, people would carve scary faces into turnips to frighten away bad spirits, including Stingy Jack.

In the US, carving a pumpkin has replaced turnip carving and this has become popular in the UK as well.

Halloween certainly wouldn't be complete without a bit of trick-or-treating.

The tradition began hundreds of years ago in medieval England when people would go door to door offering a prayer or a song in exchange for food.

This was known back then as Souling, taking place on All Saint's Day when Christians would traditionally pray for their loved ones.

Approaching the Victorian era, the food often given was a type of pastry called a soul cake. Something like a biscuit, or a cake.

In modern times has that tradition has changed to people giving out sweets and chocolate to children who visit them on Halloween.

Lots of people carve pumpkins at Halloween

Are you doing anything for Halloween this year?

Perhaps you'll be dressing up, trick-or-treating, decorating your house, making spooky snacks or taking part in special Halloween events where you live.

Whatever you're getting up to, why not let us know your plans in the comments below.