Fill in the Blanks Halloween INDEPENDENTOnline version Fill in the blanks by Bia Aguiar 1 originally like food Another called brought poor carried short where dressed its than still those pumpkins on end ago so trick living WHERE DOES HALLOWEEN COME FROM ? We celebrate Halloween every year October 31st . Where does the holiday come from ? The holiday comes from a people called the Celts . The Celts lived in Europe more 2000 years . On November 1st they celebrated the of summer . They thought ghosts visited the on October 31st . They up like ghosts the spirits would not harm them . Today , many countries remember the dead on November 1st . It is All Saints Day . name for it is All Hallow ? s Day . The day before , October 31st , is called All Hallow ? s Eve , or Halloween for . Halloween is an old tradition in Ireland and Scotland . In countries , people dressed up and lanterns made of turnips . When people moved from Ireland and Scotland to the United States , they started using . This is the jack - o ? - lantern comes from . They also had a tradition of giving to the spirits . Later , they gave the food to people . This is where - or - treating comes from . Halloween has changed a lot since origins . New people have new traditions , and changed the old ones . What do you think Halloween will be in another two thousand years ?
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