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Halloween is celebrated ______ the United States _______ October 31st.
It is not an official holiday, so everyone has to go ______ school or
work. But the fun begins ________ night. Actually, the celebration
begins ______ the afternoon from 4 p.m. _____ about 6 p.m. for younger
children; but older kids go out ______ night when it's scary!

What do they do? Well, children, and lots of adults, dress up _____
costumes and go ______ their neighbors houses. When the neighbor
comes ______ the door, the children _____ the door cry "Trick or
Treat!" They try to frighten their neighbor and expect him or her
to put candy or fruit _____ the bags that they are carrying.

Halloween is really very old. The name comes from All Hallows' Eve--
a "hallow" is the word that people ______ 19th Century England gave
_____ the spirits of dead people. November 1st is All Saints Day
______ the Christian calendar, but people who love to be scared
celebrate _____ the night before.

Trick-or-treaters dress up ______ costumes as ghosts, goblins, ghouls,
skeletons, and vampires. What are these creatures? Look up the words
_______ a good dictionary. In addition ______ going _____ doors for
frights and candy, people go ______ parties ______ Halloween. The
best feature _______ these parties is usually a costume contest. The
people who go _______ these parties also carve pumpkins to make
jack o' lanterns--people cut eyes, a nose and a mouth _____ these
orange fruits. Then they put a candle _____ the pumpkin to make a
lantern.

The history of Halloween is not always happy. _______ some large
cities, there are fires ______ Halloween. People seem to get carried
away with wanting to scare others. Other bad things that happen ______
Halloween are that some bad people put needles and other things ______
the candy they give ______ children to hurt them.

Halloween can be fun, but it can be dangerous. My favorite place to
be ______ midnight ______ Halloween is _____ home _____ bed with a
scary movie ______ TV! Be careful!

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