The Origin of Halloween

This holiday (START) in Ireland. Halloween was _________ a festival of the dead.

It ___________ on the 31^st of October. Halloween means All Hallows Eve.

You know, the ^­ __________ of November is All Hallows Day (День всех святых). People thought that the evening (eve) before is the time when the veil between the living and the dead is lifted and witches, ghosts and other _______ are about.

So this holiday ___________ with death and supernatural. It is very popular with children and ___________ especially in America.

It is the only time in autumn before the cold days ________ when it is still warm enough to go outside and enjoy the beauty of autumn. On that day children wear ______ fancy costumes and masks. They dress up as witches, ghosts, ghouls, bats, evil spirits, ____________ and frighten people. They say “Trick or Treat”. If they get a treat, they go away. But if they don’t, they play tricks.

The main attribute of  Halloween _________ Jack-O`Lantern (Фонарь Джека) or hollowed-out pumpkin.

It ___________ up to look like a frightening face and a candle is placed inside.

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Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st every year.

It ____________ from a pagan holiday and the Christian holiday of All Saints’ Day.

The ____________ Halloween is a shortened ____________ of All Hallows’ Eve.

Today, it is more of a fun day for children and has largely lost its religious roots. Halloween is probably ____________ famous in the U.S.A.

Irish immigrants took it to America in the mid-1600s and it slowly ____________ across the country.

Halloween is not celebrated in many countries around the world although many people ____________ about it.

Some Christians are not so ____________ that people celebrate Halloween.

They believe the holiday is un-Christian because of its origin as a pagan "festival of the ____________."

 Halloween has many ____________ identifiable symbols.

The colours orange and black are widely used.

In particular, orange pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are ____________ features of this day.

One of the biggest Halloween activities is trick-or-treating.

This is when children ____________ on doors and ask for a small gift.

If they don’t get anything, they’ll play a ____________ on the person who opens the ____________.

Food also plays a big ____________ of Halloween.

Toffee apples are very popular and so is anything made from pumpkin.

Halloween is also a ____________ topic for Hollywood.

Many horror movies have been made about it.

Because of this, Halloween is now ____________ in many countries that never actually celebrate it.