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Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st every year. It originated from a holiday and the Christian holiday of All Saints’ Day. The name Halloween is a shortened version of All Hallows’ Eve. Today, it is more of a fun day for children and has largely lost its religious . Halloween is probably most famous in the U.S.A. Irish immigrants took it to America in the mid-1600s and it slowly spread across the country. Halloween is not celebrated in many countries around the world although many people know about it. Some Christians are not so happy that people celebrate Halloween.

Halloween has many identifiable symbols. The colors orange and black are widely used. In particular, orange pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are features of this day. One of the biggest Halloween activities is trick-or-treating. This is when children on doors and ask for asmall gift. If they don’t get anything, they’ll play a on the person who opens the . Food also plays a big of Halloween. Toffee apples are very popular and so is anything made from pumpkin. Halloween is also a popular topic for Hollywood. Many movies have been made about it. Because of this, Halloween is now known in many countries that never actually celebrate it.