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Halloween History
By: Shiloh, Skylar, and Zanab
What is Halloween
• A very special holiday for children. • Children dress –up and collect treats.• Celebrated on October 31.
How Halloween began.
• At the end of summer, people were scared because they didn’t understand the changing of seasons.
• They thought ghost and monsters were stronger.• They built a bond fire to scare away the monsters and
they dressed up.• When Christianity came, they had a day to celebrate
those who had died called All Hallows Day . • The day before All Hallows Day was called Halloween.
Halloween Symbols
• Pumpkins, people in masks and costumes, trick-or-treating, witches, vampires, ghosts,and zombies
How is Halloween celebrated in other countries?
• England -ghost, goblins, witches• U.S. – celebrated children wear costumes and
go trick-or-treating.
Source
• ‘’Halloween’’, Childcraft, vol. 9, p. 284.
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