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    Halloween: Trick or Treat! If They Don't Get Sweets, They Do Something Bad, For Example

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    Halloween originated from the Celtic holiday in Ireland, where people would leave their homes cold and dark to prevent spirits from inhabiting them. While traditions have changed, wearing costumes and carving pumpkins remain staples of Halloween celebrations. Children now go door-to-door saying "trick or treat" and may throw eggs if they do not receive candy. Common Halloween symbols include spiders, black cats, witches, ghosts and pumpkins.

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    Halloween: Trick or Treat! If They Don't Get Sweets, They Do Something Bad, For Example

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    Halloween originated from the Celtic holiday in Ireland, where people would leave their homes cold and dark to prevent spirits from inhabiting them. While traditions have changed, wearing costumes and carving pumpkins remain staples of Halloween celebrations. Children now go door-to-door saying "trick or treat" and may throw eggs if they do not receive candy. Common Halloween symbols include spiders, black cats, witches, ghosts and pumpkins.

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    Halloween originated from the Celtic holiday in Ireland, where people would leave their homes cold and dark to prevent spirits from inhabiting them. While traditions have changed, wearing costumes and carving pumpkins remain staples of Halloween celebrations. Children now go door-to-door saying "trick or treat" and may throw eggs if they do not receive candy. Common Halloween symbols include spiders, black cats, witches, ghosts and pumpkins.

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    Halloween: Trick or Treat! If They Don't Get Sweets, They Do Something Bad, For Example

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    Halloween originated from the Celtic holiday in Ireland, where people would leave their homes cold and dark to prevent spirits from inhabiting them. While traditions have changed, wearing costumes and carving pumpkins remain staples of Halloween celebrations. Children now go door-to-door saying "trick or treat" and may throw eggs if they do not receive candy. Common Halloween symbols include spiders, black cats, witches, ghosts and pumpkins.

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    HALLOWEEN

    People often think that Halloween is an American holiday. But in fact, it comes
    from the Celts of Ireland. Today, people don't do the same as the old Celts: they
    don't have a big good meal before winter and don't leave their houses cold and
    without light for the night, so spirits don't want to live there. This day, the souls
    of dead people can come back if they find a person to stay in his or her body.
    However, wearing scary masks and costumes – to make the spirits go away – is
    an old Celtic tradition.
    Today, people and especially children enjoy Halloween costume parties. They
    dress up as witches, vampires and ghosts, but also heroes.
    Children in masks go from house to house and when the door open, they say:
    Trick or treat! If they don't get sweets, they do something bad, for example
    throw eggs at the house.
    Typical symbols of the holiday are horror characters: spiders, black cats, witches
    and ghosts, but also big orange autumn vegetables: pumpkins. You can cook
    excellent pumpkin soup or bake a pie, and make a lantern from the peel.
    Great Britain and the USA celebrate Halloween every year on the last October
    day.

    Answer the questions:


    1. What three things can you make from a pumpkin?
    2. What bad thing can children do to people who don't give them sweets?
    3. What are the symbols of Halloween?
    4. Do you know other American or British traditions?
    5. Do you believe in ghosts?

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