Fill in the Blanks Fill in the blanksOnline version Read the text and fill in the missing Halloween themed words by Lies Van Opstal 1 or pupkins witches Halloween orange black Ocotber costumes ghosts skeletons treat candy Horror is a festival celebrated on 31st . The name of the holiday means 'Hallowed' or 'Holy evening' because it happened the day before All Saints day . It is said that Halloween is the children's New Years' Eve . They dress up with special , they eat too much , and stay up too late celebrating . Children go around the neighbourhood wearing make - up , and dressed in mask and colourful costumes . The most common costumes are , , , and popular TV , movie , and storybook characters . Some costumes are homemade ; others are bought in stores . The children go out door saying " trick " . People give them , cookies , fruit or money . Homes , stores and classrooms are decorated in the traditional Halloween colours ; and . , People place scary decorations such as witches , black cats , ghost , skeletons and jack - o' - lanterns to scare evil spirits away . Jack - o' - lanterns are that are carved to look like faces . They are placed on doorway entrances and in windows . movies and ghost stories are shown on TV on this day . Adults and older children also celebrate Halloween with parades , festivals and costume parties . One of the party games popular with children is bobbing apples / dunking for apples . Apples are put in tubs filled with water . People try to get the apples using only their mouths ; hands cannot be used .
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