1. Halloween: Trick or Treat! October 31 st Children & adults

2. Original meaning: All Hallows Eve, or All Saints’ Original meaning: All Hallows Eve, or All Saints’ Day Day History: 5 th century B.C., Celtic Ireland History: 5 th century B.C., Celtic Ireland *9the century, Europe *9the century, Europe trick or treat trick or treat soul cakes soul cakes

3. Sentences 3 If they are children, they go door to door in their neighborhood sing “Trick or Treat” in order to gather candy, and if they are adults they go parties with their families and friends where they bob for apples and visit a “haunted house.” 3 If they are children, they go door to door in their neighborhood sing “Trick or Treat” in order to gather candy, and if they are adults they go parties with their families and friends where they bob for apples and visit a “haunted house.” 14 But like other major western religious holidays—Christmas and Easter, for example--this holiday has pagan roots. 14 But like other major western religious holidays—Christmas and Easter, for example--this holiday has pagan roots. 17 It was believed that on this day, disembodied spirits of those who had died the previous year were able to enter the land of the living and would search for people to possess, so they could continue their existence for the following year. 17 It was believed that on this day, disembodied spirits of those who had died the previous year were able to enter the land of the living and would search for people to possess, so they could continue their existence for the following year.

4. 21 The people would protect themselves by dressing up in ghoulish and scary costumes and acting as scary as they could in order to scare away any spirits that would want to possess them, thus giving birth to the scary element that is inherent in Halloween. 21 The people would protect themselves by dressing up in ghoulish and scary costumes and acting as scary as they could in order to scare away any spirits that would want to possess them, thus giving birth to the scary element that is inherent in Halloween. 30 On All Soul’s Day, Christians would walk from village to village begging for “soul cakes”--small pieces of bread with fruits baked into them. 30 On All Soul’s Day, Christians would walk from village to village begging for “soul cakes”--small pieces of bread with fruits baked into them.