On the 31st 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 31st 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 with the children. They wear masks and special customs. They go
from house to house and say “trick or treat”, people give them candies, cookies
or fruit. When people give nothing, the children sometimes play tricks on them.
Answer the following questions
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When do people celebrate Halloween?
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Why did people start to
celebrate Halloween?
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What is jack-o-lantern?
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What do children do in
Halloween?
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