Halloween

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Halloween
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• Halloween was once called All Hallows Eve. All
  Hallows Day, November 1, is a Catholic holiday
  honoring the saints. But, in the 5th century BC,
  in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on
  October 31. The holiday was called Samhain
  (sow-en), the Celtic New year.
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• One story says that, on that day, the spirits of
  all those who had died come back in search of
  living bodies to possess for the next year. It
  was believed to be their only hope for the
  afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space
  and time were suspended during this time,
  allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the
  living.
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• Naturally, the still-living did not want to be
  possessed. So on the night of October 31,
  villagers would dress up in all manner of
  ghoulish costumes in order to confuse the
  spirits.
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Jack-o-lanterns

• A scary face carved from a pumpkin to scare away
  spirits

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Halloween characters

• Vampires
• The living dead that suck blood to stay alive
• Can fly and turn into bats
• Dracula is the most famous
• Frankenstein
• A monster raised from the dead with electricity
  by a doctor with the same name

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Halloween characters

• Ghosts
• Invisible spirits of the dead
• Witches
• Can use magic, spells
• Usually dress in black with a pointy hat and can
  fly on a broomstick

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Other characters

• skeleton
• bats
• zombies
• werewolf
• mummy

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Happy Halloween

• Trick or Treat

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Hollywood Monsters

• Swamp thing
• Blob
• Freddy
• Jason