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Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a holiday celebrated on the
night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost
tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses", carving
Jack-o'-lanterns...
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The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering
Hallowe'en) is shortened from All-hallow-evening, as it is the eve of "All
Hallows' Day", which is now also known as All Saints' Day...
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The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of
Halloween's most prominent symbols in America, and is commonly called a
jack-o'-lantern...
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Trick-or-treating, is an activity for children on or around Halloween
in which they proceed from house to house in costumes, asking for
treats such as confectionery with the question, "Trick or treat?"...
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Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such
as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils...
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There are several games traditionally associated with
Halloween parties. The most common is dunking or bobbing for apples, in which
apples float in a tub or a large basin of water; the participants must use
their teeth to remove an apple from the basin...
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Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple
harvest, candy apples (also known as toffee or taffy apples) are a common
Halloween treat made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, and
sometimes rolling them in nuts...
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In North America, Christian
attitudes towards Halloween are quite diverse. The fact that All Saints Day and
Halloween occur on two consecutive days has left some Christians uncertain...
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