Preparations For Halloween

Halloween masks are offered for sale at Fantasy Costumes on October 28, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The store, which had long lines at the registers at 4 AM this morning, is open around the clock through Halloween to help keep up with customer demand. Retailers nationwide are expecting record sales for Halloween merchandise this year with shoppers spending close to $7 billion dollars to celebrate the holiday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A man carries a pumpkin as he walks through Petaluma Pumpkin Patch on October 28, 2011 in Petaluma, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Members of staff at Angels Fancy Dress shop work in their Shaftsbury Avenue branch in Halloween costumes on October 28, 2011 in London, England. Many London partygoers are preparing their fancy dress costumes ahead of Halloween which falls on Monday October 31, 2011. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Halloween In B/W

A white caped figure wearing a haloween pumpkin mask taking two people by surprise in their kitchen. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series – 598 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images). Circa 1865

An apple bobbing game at a Halloween fancy-dress party. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). October 1922

A little girl waiting at a window for the first guests to arrive at her Halloween party, USA, circa 1955. (Photo by Joe Clark/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A group of men in costume as witches, complete with brooms, to celebrate Halloween, line the staircase of a house. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

An American family with a carved pumpkin illuminated by a candle to celebrate Halloween. (Photo by Sherman/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955

A young girl wearing a halloween mask. (Photo by Jacobsen /Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955

Julia Arnall, Austrian born actress and ex-model, who lives in Britain, watching one of her fellow party-goers bobbing for apples at a Halloween party. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images). October 1956

A masked guest with a pumpkin at a fancy dress halloween party given to welcome American actress Barbara Bates to Britain, 31st October 1956. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Children in costumes arriving at a Halloween party, circa 1960. (Photo by Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)