Halloween

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Good afternoon boys and girls. Halloween is a great holiday in English speaking countries. Today we are going to learn more about one of the most exciting holidays of English-speaking countries- Halloween! In this holiday the children make costumes and masks and go to ghost parties.

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On October 31, Americans celebrate Halloween. Halloween means "holy evening". This is the evening before the Christian holy day of All Saints Day. On All Saints Day, Christians remember the saints. But Halloween is even older than Christianity.
Before Christianity, people in Europe believed that on October 31 ghosts of dead people came back. To scare the ghosts, people dressed like devils and were very noisy. They also made big fires to keep the ghosts away. Later, people did not believe in ghosts, but they kept the day of Halloween for fun.
Immigrants came from Europe to America and brought with them the custom of Halloween. Halloween has some strange symbols. One symbol is the jack-o"-lantern in the window. The jack-o"-lantern is to scare the ghosts. People cut the pumpkin, throw away all the inside, and cut a face in it. Then they put a candle inside of it. Jack-o"-lantern usually look scary!
Why do we associate objects such as jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, and masks with the celebration of all Hollows Eve? A brief look into the history of Halloween symbols.
The tradition of carving pumpkins originated from an Irish legend of Stingy Jack, d