It doesn't take long for freshers to adopt the Oxford way of life — working and playing hard, and feeling equally comfortable in black tie, subfusc (formal academic dress) or fancy dress.
In Britain, people carve scary faces into pumpkins and children go trick-or-treating, dressing up in fancy dress costumes and visiting people's homes shouting, " trick or treat! " for sweets and candy.
Because by the turn of the 20th century, Halloween parties with costumes games and seasonal food quickly became the most popular way to celebrate Halloween.
As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn't help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about. People in cloaks.
But before that, and since you're all dressed up as a ghost, Neil, my question is this – why did people traditionally dress up in costumes on Halloween?