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N OCTOBER 31ST, dozens of

children dressed in costumes knock on their neighbors" doors and yell, “ Trick or Treat" when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts, and popular heroes and heroines of the day all hold bags open to catch the candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. As they give each child a treat, the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under the masks.

Like some other American holi-

days, Halloween customs evolved from a mix of traditions. The word

“Halloween" comes from the name

of a holiday from the 800s AD, called All Hallows" Eve. This was the day and evening before All

Saints" Day, a holy day that was cel-

ebrated on November 1st. The ori- gins of Halloween go back even fur- ther, however. In ancient times, Oc- tober 31st was the eve of the Celtic

New Year. The Celts, who lived over

2,000 years ago, were the ancestors of the present-day

Irish, Welsh, and Scottish people. On this day, the Celts held the festival of Samhain in honor of the Celtic lord of the dead. In the evening, Samhain allowed ghosts to walk and mingle with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked food all that day, and when night came, they dressed up in animal heads and skins, and attended a great bonfi re, set by their priests, the

Druids. Hoping that the ghosts

would leave peacefully before the O N OCTOBER 31ST,new year, the people carried the food they had made to the e dge of town and left it for the spirits to fi nd. The cel- ebration of Samhain also marked the end of the harvest season, and the beginning of the cold, dark time of year.

Much later, when October 31 was no longer the

last day of the year, autumn festivals continued to be held, celebrating the harvest and honoring the dead. Over time, however, Halloween became a cel- ebration mostly for children.

“Ghosts" went from door to door

asking for treats, or else a trick would be played on the owners of the house. When millions of Irish,

British, and others from Celtic re-

gions immigrated to the United

States in the 1840s, the traditions

came with them.

Today, many schools plan Hal-

loween festivities, and some neigh- borhoods hold parties, often called

“block parties" which are popular

among young and old alike. More recently, adults have begun to celebrate Halloween, too. They dress up like historical or political fi gures, movie stars, or cartoon characters, and go to masquerade par- ties or city-sponsored street parties. In many towns and cities, costumed children and their parents gather at shopping malls early in the evening. Stores and busi- nesses give parties, with games and treats for the children. Teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools, and the more outrageous the costume the better!N OCTOBER 31ST, PREVIOUS PAGE: Pumpkins and children in costumes are a common sight on Halloween. A BOVE: Jack-o-lanterns are pumpkins that are carved out like faces and displayed at night with candles inside. 98

Calling out "trick or treat," children dressed in

costumes knock on their neighbors' doors with bags held out for candies and other treats. Certain pranks such as soaping car windows and tip- ping over garbage cans are expected. But partying and pranks are not the only things that Halloween revelers enjoy doing. Some collect money to buy food and medi- cine for needy children around the world. Others may sponsor a Halloween party, or donate money or cos- tumes for needy children locally. At Halloween parties, children play games, listen to ghost stories, enjoy snacks, and decorate their Hallow- een "trick-or-treat" bag for the evening. One traditional Halloween game is bobbing for apples. One child at a time has to get an apple from a tub of water without us- ing any hands! How? By sinking his or her face into the water and biting into the apple!

Symbols of Halloween

Halloween originated in part as a celebration con- nected with evil spirits and the dead.

Witches flying on broomsticks with

black cats, ghosts, goblins, and skel- etons have all evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular as trick-or-treat costumes, and decorations for greeting cards and windows. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably be- cause Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night and also marked the beginning of winter darkness. In the weeks before October 31, retail shops and school windows are decorated with silhouettes of witches and black cats. Some people decorate their front door with Halloween symbols or fake spider webs. Others create elaborate and scary scenes, such as spooky graveyards, on their front lawns.

Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. Since

the pumpkin is a large, orange-colored squash, orange has become the other traditional Halloween color.

Carving

pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns is a Hallow- een custom dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy that he was not allowed into heaven when he died. His spirit was doomed to wander around the countryside, holding a lantern to light his way. 99
The Irish people carved scary faces out of turnips rep- resenting "Jack of the Lantern," or Jack -o'-lantern. When the Irish brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn, pumpkins were more plentiful than turnips.

Today a jack-o'-

lantern, with a candle lit and glowing inside, is placed in the window or on the front porch of a house on Halloween night to let costumed chil- dren know that there are goodies waiting if they knock on the door and say "

Trick or Treat!"

Glossary

costume(s): n. clothes, make-up, masks and other things such as jewelry worn so as to look like or give the illusion of being like another person, from another time period, or of being like something else such as a ghost or monster Trick or Treat": phrase. an expression used by chil- dren at Halloween: "Give us a treat, or we'll play a joke on you!" pirate(s): n. a robber on the sea goody(ies): n. sweet food that children like to eat treat: n. a reward, usually a sweet food exclaim over: v. phrase. to admire openly hallow: v. to make sacred or holy; to make highly respected ancestor(s): n. family member who came before, such as grandparent, great-grand parent and so on. mingle: v. to mix with; to join with dress up: v. to wear a costume bonfire: n. a large public fire, around which people may gather for a party or celebration harvest: adj. referring to the time of year when crops are ripe and ready to gather outrageous: adj. shocking; elaborate or wild in design prank(s): n. a trick or mischievous act soap(ing): v. to cover with soap reveler(s): n. people who are celebrating ghost story(-ies): n. phrase. a scary or frightening story about ghosts, goblins or evil spirits bob(bing): v. to move up and down briefly and repeatedly originate(d): v. to begin or start a practice or tradition witch(es): n. a woman that is believed to have super-

natural powers; some are believed to be good, but most are considered to be evil and use black magicgoblin(s): n. an evil or tricky spiritskeleton(s): n. the bone framework of a body evolve(d): v. to develop over a long period of timesilhouette(s): n. the shadow-like shape of something seen

from the side; an outline of something or someone, filled in with black fake: adj. artificial; false elaborate: adj. complicated in design spooky: adj. scary, frightening graveyard: n. a place (cemetery) where people bury (put under the ground) their dead, or place their dead in tombs above ground squash: n. a round or long vegetable belonging to the gourd family carve(-ing): to cut a design carefully with a knife jack-o- lantern: n. phrase. a pumpkin which has been carved with a scary or funny face legend: n. a story passed from one generation to another stingy: adj. unwilling to share doom(ed): v. to judge against; condemn or send to a terrible fate or punishment wander: v. to walk without a goal turnip(s): n. a large root eaten as a vegetablequotesdbs_dbs9.pdfusesText_15