Welcome, mortal to the stairway to Satin’s lair! MWA HA HA! (Wait, what the…?
Hey! What’re YOU doing here?)
Sorry about that. Satin was trying to take over. I guess I left the door opened. Well then… It’s Halloween! Here’s the story. (Thanks to ask.yahoo.com for the story.)
The holiday’s origins date back to “the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.” Roughly 2,000 years ago, a people known as the Celts lived in the area now divided among three modern-day countries: the United Kingdom, Northern France, and Ireland. The Celts began their new year on November 1, meaning October 31 was their New Year’s Eve. According the History Channel, “the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred” that night.
Bonfires and animal sacrifices were common, as were costumes “typically consisting of animal heads and skins.” Eventually, the Romans conquered the Celts, and Samhain was combined with other holidays. Later, as Christianity became more powerful, Pope Boniface IV put a new tilt on the event. He designated November 1 “All Saints’ Day” — a day when followers could honor saints and martyrs. This celebration was also called “All-Hallows,” and the night before (October 31) was known as “All-Hallows’ Eve.” Later, it became known as Halloween.
These days, Halloween is mostly known as a day when kids throw dental hygiene out the window and go hog-wild with candy.
Yeah. So that’s how it pretty much went down, right?
So. Anyways. I’m going as Mario for Halloween.

Here’s what you need to be Mario:
Red hat
Paper
Super Glue
Fake mustache or black makeup
Red marker
Blue overalls
Red shirt
White gloves
Brown boots
You can find most of these items at a thrift store.
Instructions:
Put on the outfit so you look like Mario. Get some paper. Draw the letter M on the paper. Cut the paper into a circle. Get an adult to super glue the paper onto your hat. Now, put your mustache above your upper lip. If you use makeup, shape the makeup into a mustache. There you go! 
Or… just buy a Mario costume at Wal-Mart if you want to be like every other kid out there.