2. Halloween
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History
Origin of name
Symbols
Trick-or-treating
Costumes
Foods

3. History
Halloween is a secular celebration based on ancient
Druid customs, dating back to 700 B.C. The Druids, a
Celtic religious order in ancient Britain, Ireland and
France, believed that the souls of the dead returned
to mingle with the living on "hallowed eve," October
31. Each year on that night, the Druids would build
bonfires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals, and
individuals would dress in costumes to disguise
themselves from these spirits.

4. Origin of name
The name "Halloween" comes from
the Christian tradition. It is derived
from "All Hallow's Eve." October 31st
is the eve of All Hallows day, better
known as All Saints Day. This is a day
when the church celebrates and
remembers the lives of the saints.

5. Symbols
• Halloween imagery
includes themes of death,
evil, the occult, or
mythical monsters. Black
and orange are the
holiday's traditional
colors.

7. Trick-or-treating
• Trick-or-treating is a customary
celebration for children on
Halloween. Children go in costumes
from house to house, asking for treats
such as candy or sometimes money,
with the question, "Trick or treat?"
The word "trick" refers to a (mostly
idle) "threat" to perform mischief on
the homeowners or their property if
no treat is given.

8. Costumes
• Halloween costumes are traditionally
modeled after supernatural figures
such as monsters, ghosts, skeletons,
witches, and devils. Over time, the
costume selection extended to
include popular characters from
fiction, celebrities, and generic
archetypes such as ninjas and
princesses.

9. Foods
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List of foods associated with the holiday:
Candy apples/toffee apples
Candy corn, candy pumpkins
Caramel apples
Caramel corn
Novelty candy shaped like skulls, pumpkins, bats,
worms, etc.
Pumpkin, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread
Roasted pumpkin seeds
Roasted sweet corn
Soul cakes