1. Halloween is a festival that takes placeon October 31.

2. Halloween developedfrom new year festivalsand festivals of the dead. 3. Christian church established afestival on November 1 calledAll Saints Day so that peoplecould continue to celebratetheir festivals.The Mass said on All SaintsDay was called Allhallowmass.The day before All Saints Daywas known all hallows Eve orAll Hallow een. 4. Fortunetelling andstorytelling about ghostsand witches are popularactivities. 5. People once believed that there weremany ghosts and witches on the Earthand that they met on October 31 toworship the devil. 6. Today,people do notbelieve inghosts andwitches butthey like to tellstories aboutthem onHalloween. 7. The main Halloween activity forchildren is trick-or-treating.Children dress in costumes andmasks and go from door to doorsaying "trick or treat". Theneighbours give children suchtreats as candy, fruit and penniesso that children do not play trickson them. 8. In the UnitedStates childrenwear costumesand masks andgo trick-or-treating. Many ofthem carve jack-o-lanterns out ofpumpkins. 9. Jack-o-lanterns are hallowed-out pumpkins withface carved into one side. Most jack-o-lanternscontain a candle inside. 10. An Irish legend says that jack-o-lanterns are namedafter the man called Jack.He could not enter heaven because he was a miser,and he could not enter hell because he had playedjokes on devil. As a result, Jack has to walk on theearth with his lantern until Judgment Day. 11. Fortunetelling is animportant part ofHalloween. For example,a coin, a ring, and athimble were baked intoa cake. It was believedthat the person whofound the coin wouldbecome wealthy. Theone who found the ringwould marry soon. Andthe person who foundthe thimble would neverget married. Todaypeople practicecardreading orpalmistry. 12. The Goblin In The DarkThe goblin in the dark, the goblin in the dark,Hi, Ho its Halloween, the goblin in the dark! 13. The goblin takes the ghost, the goblin takes the ghost,Hi, Ho its Halloween, the goblin takes the ghost! 14. The ghost takes the witch, the ghost takes the witch,Hi, Ho its Halloween, the ghost takes the witch! 15. The witch takes the cat, the witch takes the cat,Hi, Ho its Halloween, the witch takes the cat! 16. The cat takes the bat, the cat takes the bat,Hi, Ho its Halloween, the cat takes the bat!The bat stands alone, the bat stands alone,Hi, Ho on Halloween, the bat stands alone!