New York City, Oct 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Halloween is just around the corner on October 31, which is an annual holiday as well.

This unique day has its roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints’ Day. It is generally a secular celebration, but it may have some perceived religious overtones as well.

The day is associated with the colors orange and black, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o’-lantern and pumpkin carving. Halloween’s exciting activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, reading scary stories, and watching horror films.

Halloween masks hold a magical power that just makeup and dressing up cannot do. They can transport you to another time and place or make you feel like a different person all together.

Here are the top 10 choices for the Halloween masks and costumes.

There are Elizabethan Masquerade, Mardi Gras masks for Halloween and some of the best Halloween masks are the scary realistic horror masks. The number one mask for 2009 Halloween is Slipknot. The other top choice masks are Deluxe Jason, which is a latex overhead mask with removable PVC hockey mask. ‘Terminator 4’ is another hot idea as it has a full over the head latex-mask that is individually hand painted for a realistic machine metal look.

The recent Nobel Peace Prize winner and the US President’s mask is also going to be a hot rage. It has his traditional large grin, full over-the-head latex mask. The original Hannibal Lecter Latex mask with a full over-the-head latex mask, attached hair and vinyl mask is also going to a trendsetter on this scary day.

Michael Myers rob zombie 2 mask would have a dirty, slashed and disgustingly realistic appearance. Watchmen Dr. Manhattan mask would feature full over-the-head latex one with all the character markings of Dr. Manhattan.

Couples can dress up in identical or complementary dresses too, like Doctor and naughty Nurse, Male Barbarian and Amazon queen, red riding hood and big bad wolf. These were some wacky ideas to spice up your Halloween Party.