1.
Riding the line between fall and the start of the cold weather, Halloween is a time of __________ ______ ____________
USPNLONERASIAITOCTEENTBDIR
2.
To commemorate the event, the ancient Druids built huge sacred _________, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.
INOSFBRE
3.
During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of the head and skins of _______, and tried to tell each other's fortunes
SAMANIL
4.
On May 13, 609 A.D., Pope Boniface IV dedicated the ________ in Rome in honor of all Christian martyrs', and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs' Day was established in the Western church
NOAENTPH
5.
____ _______ Day was celebrated similarly to the Druids' holiday, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils
LOULSLS'A
6.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, America was flooded with new _____________.
NSRATMMIIG
7.
Taking from Irish and English traditions, __________ began to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money, a practice that eventually became today's "trick or treat" tradition.
MRIEAACSN
8.
Trick or treating was a relatively _____________ way for an entire community to share the Halloween celebration
NEIESNXEVPI
9.
On Halloween, people believe the __________ ghosts come back to the earthly world
AIESCRTS
10.
To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear ______ when they leave their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits
SSKMA
11.
Halloween has always been a holiday filled with mystery, ________ and superstition.
GICMA
12.
Today's Halloween ghosts are often depicted as more ________ and evil, and our customs and superstitions are scarier too.
AMFSEREO
13.
We avoid crossing paths with the darkest black cats, afraid that they might bring us bad luck. This idea has its roots in the ______ ______, when many people believed that the creepiest witches avoided being seen by turning themselves into cats
