Halloween — October 31

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Halloween is both a British and an American holiday. In Britain it is celebrated in Scotland and Wales. In the United States it is celebrated in many towns and villages. It is a holiday for children and young people.

In the evening of October 31 boys and girls “dress up” in different old clothes and wear masks. As the night is usually quite dark they take with them -a lantern made from a pumpkin. On an empty pumpkin they cut out slits for two eyes, a nose and a mouth and put a lighted candle inside. The pumpkin then looks like a jeering face with burning eyes. The children go from house to house and knock on the doors, calling “trick or treat”. This means that they will play no tricks on you if you “treat” them — ask them in and give them sweets and fill their bags with fruit and cakes or anything else they like.