All about Halloween

What is Halloween? Halloween is the second most popular holiday in the United

States, second only to __________________.

It is an __________________ holiday that takes place every year on October 31st.

Halloween is best known as a time of trick-or-treating, dressing up in costume,

visiting haunted houses, telling scary stories and so much more!

What is the story of Halloween? Halloween is said to have originated from the

ancient Celtic Festival called Samhain which marked the end of the

__________________ season.

They believe that the festival would make their gods happy so that they would

__________________ their families and crops during the long hard

__________________ that was to come.

At the harvest festival they wore __________________ and feasted together.

Where did the name Halloween come from? The name Halloween comes from

the short form of All-Hallows-Eve. Christians traditionally called October 31st

All-Hallows-Eve. This is __________________ October 31st is the day before All

Saints Day or All-Hallows-Day.

Over the years, All-Hallows-Eve became widely known as __________________.

What are some Halloween traditions?

Costumes: a long time ago some people believed that __________________

walked the streets on Halloween __________________ and they were scared to

meet them. Those people began to wear masks to fool the ghosts into believing that

they were other __________________. Soon after, people started to wear costumes

to go with the masks. Today, people have fun __________________ up in costumes

such as their favourite movie monster or TV character. The more

__________________ the better.

Trick-or-treating: many years ago people were not just __________________ of

meeting ghosts on Halloween night. They were also terrified that ghoster Spirits were

coming to their __________________. They began leaving bowls of food outside

their doors to __________________ the ghosts from entering.

Over time, people became less fearful of the old ghost stories and started

__________________ the treats themselves. Some people say that is how

trick-or-treating began.

Today, children and __________________ dress up in costumes and knock

on neighbors __________________ saying “trick or treat”!

Adults pass out candy and other tasty treats which are __________________

collected in a bucket or __________________.