Halloween, also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is a yearly ____ in many countries dedicated to remembering the dead. Halloween began in Ireland’s ____ culture. November 1 was New Year according to the Druid’s religious calendar. The celebration actually began the night before, on October ____. On this night all the ____ who had died in the prior year, would roam the earth. The Celtic people began wearing ____ and costumes to avoid being recognized as human. This was considered an evil night when spirits roamed the ____ and villages. Lord Samhain, the lord of ____, would arrive in search of the spirits to take them to the ____. Today, Halloween is more festive for a lot of people. It is celebrated with ____, decorations, trick-or-treating, and parties. Halloween was commonly referred to as “All Hollows” Eve. It originated from the pagan holiday honouring the ____. Orange and ____ are the main Halloween colours because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with ____ and death. Jack o’ Lanterns originated in ____ where people placed ____ in hollowed-out turnips to keep away ____ and ghosts on the holiday. Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the ____.

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