by Michelle Kathleen Beckett
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Halloween is now celebrated in many different countries, but has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival Samhain.
Halloween activities include “trick-or-treating”, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted houses, and carving pumpkins.
The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween’s most prominent symbols. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a scary or comical face and put it on their porch after dark.
Halloween costumes are traditionally ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Because Halloween was perceived as the night when spirits of the dead walked on the earth, it was believed necessary to dress up as supernatural creatures to blend in.
“Trick-or-treating” is one of the main traditions of Halloween. Children go from house to house in costumes saying “Trick or treat?” to be rewarded with nuts and sweets.
Happy Halloween!
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