The origins of Halloween The Celts were people who lived in ancient Britain and Ireland they celebrated a festival called 'Samhain'. It was celebrated on 1 November because that was the end of summer and harvest time (which was associated with food and life) and the beginning of ____ (which they associated with death). ____ is related to harvests and ____ is related to death. Samhain was the time for ____ to return to earth for a day. People lit a big fire, wore special clothes made of animal skin and hoped to be safe from the ghosts and the winter. In early America, the ____ and the first Europeans celebrated the end of the ____, but not Halloween. When many ____ people went to live in America in the 1800s, they started their Halloween traditions and Halloween became popular in the country. Pumpkin lanterns Many people make ____ to decorate their homes at Halloween. They remove the inside of the pumpkin, cut shapes for the eyes, nose and mouth and place a candle in the empty pumpkin to make a scary face. This tradition came from the ____, who carved faces into vegetables like potatoes to scare the ghosts and make them go away. Irish people who came to live in the United States found pumpkins much easier to ____, and the tradition became the one we see today. Halloween costumes People of all ages ____ on Halloween. In the UK some of the most popular costumes are witches, vampires, ghosts, skeletons, zombies and monsters. We can trace this tradition back to the Celts, who were afraid of the ghosts that came on Samhain. If they went outside after dark, they covered their faces with masks. They hoped any ghosts they met would think they were ghosts too and would leave them alone. North Americans wear all kinds of Halloween costumes and not just scary things like witches and ghosts. This is because in the late 19th century, people tried to make Halloween less about ____ and more about celebrating the season with a party for neighbours and family. Trick-or-treating On Halloween children ____ on their neighbours' doors and ask for ____, like sweets or chocolates. In ____ Britain, Celtic people went from house to house dressed in costumes, asking for gifts and food for the Samhain ____. When Irish people went to live in America, they continued this tradition and it became ____. Nowadays going trick-or-treating is so popular in the USA that ____ of the sweets for the year are sold for this one day! Around the world Catholic people around the world celebrate ____ on 1 November and All Souls Day on 2 November. On these days, people remember ____, friends and other people who have died. In Mexico, people ____ the Day of the Dead at this time and many dress up as ____ and ____ skulls on their faces. Nowadays, more and more people around the world are celebrating both the Day of the Dead and Halloween. Will you celebrate this year?

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