On the 31 st of October, American and British citizen celebrate Halloween. Halloween means “holy” (hallow) “een” (evening). This is the evening before the Christian holy day of All Saints Day. On all Saints Day, Christians remember the saints, but Halloween is even older than Christianity. Before Christianity, people in Europe believed that on the 31 st of October ghosts of dead people came back. To scare the ghosts, people dressed like devils and were very noisy. They also made big fines to keep the ghosts away. Later, people did not believe in ghosts, but they kept the day of Halloween for fun. Immigrants came from Europe to America and brought with them the custom of Halloween. Halloween has some strange symbols. One symbol is jack-o-lantern in the window. The jack-o-lantern is to scare the ghosts. People cut the pumpkin, throw away all the inside, and cut a face scary face on it. Then, they put a candle inside of it. Today in the USA, Halloween is very popular ...
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