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2. Origins Halloween began two thousand years ago mainly in Ireland, UK and Northern France with the ancient religion of the Celts.

3. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.

4. When Christianity spread into celtic lands, All Saints’ Day, was introduced to replace this pagan festival.

5. In the 19th century, milions of Irish emigrants poured into America as a result of the potato famine. They brought with them their traditions.

6. Today’s Halloween Today Halloween is a fun holdiday. Children wear funny or scary costumes.

7. Children knock on doors and say ”Trick or treat” People give them candies.

8. ”Bobbing for apples ” is also a popular game at Halloween parties.