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Halloween is a ____________________ that happens on the 31st of ____________________ . It originally came from a Christian religious day . The 1st of November is All Saints Day , so Halloween is the eve or night before this . Nowadays , it is mainly just an excuse for people to have ____________________ .

The holiday was mainly celebrated in America and from there has spread to many other ____________________ . It is meant to be the day , and mainly the night , when ____________________ come out of hiding . This means that people associate scary and ____________________ things with Halloween .

There are three main traditions linked to Halloween : carving ____________________ , decorating your house and trick - or - ____________________ .

Pumpkins are big vegetables that go an ____________________ color when they are ripe and ready to eat . When someone ____________________ a pumpkin they cut the top off it and scoop out all the seeds and flesh from the inside . Then they carve a ____________________ into the outside of the pumpkin . Often they cut the pattern so that there are holes into the center of the pumpkin . It is traditional to carve your pumpkin into a scary ____________________ . Then when it is dark you put a ____________________ or light inside the pumpkin so the light shines out of the frightening face that was carved .

Then the pumpkins are used to ____________________ your house . You put them in a window or on the front porch so people in the street can ____________________ them . However , the decorations have become much better over the years . Now people try to make their houses look as if they were ____________________ by hanging skeletons in the garden or putting tombstones outside the house . They might also make it look as if there were lots of spider ____________________ . They try to make it look as scary as possible .

Finally , children get dressed up in costumes and go out ____________________ - or - treating . This is where they go to people ? s houses and ____________________ for sweets or candy , their treat . If the house ____________________ to give them any treats then they would play a trick on the house . Adults do not go trick - or - treating , unless they are ____________________ after children , but often have their own parties at night . At these parties , they dress up as monsters or anything else that is ____________________ .