Comprehension for kids - Halloween

The year only started, but the way time flies, we will be celebrating Halloween before we know it. 

Lets read more on the history of Halloween, watch the video and answer some questions.

               

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We celebrate many holiday and they have changed over the years,  It was celebrated in a different way when it started.  Halloween started more than 2000 years ago with the Celts.  These are people that lived in parts of Ireland and the UK.  Their new year was celebrated on the 1st of November.  They believed that the night before on the 31 st of October, the living an the dead would come together.

More than a thousand years ago some churches celebrated an 'All Saints Day' which was also called 'All Hallows".  The celebrated the people who died for their religion and it was held on the 1st of November.  The evening before was known as Hallows eve and later the name changed to Halloween.

Like the Celts, the Europeans of that time also believed that the spirits of the dead would visit the earth on Halloween. They worried that evil spirits would cause problems or hurt them. So on that night people wore costumes that looked like ghosts or other evil creatures. They thought if they dressed like that, the spirits would think they were also dead and not harm them. 

Watch the video and answer the questions

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1. What do most people think about when they think about Halloween?
2. What was the Celtic festival named?
3. What did the Celtic wear?
4. What is 'souling'?
5. What happened during 'guising'?
6. What did the kids do in exchange for the offerings given to them?
7. Who brought these traditions to life again in America?
8. What was the main idea in the beginning of 'trick or treat'?
9. How much money is spend by Americans these days on Halloween?
10. Do you like Halloween?  Why or why not?  What do you do on Halloween?