Ancient Origins
This festival marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of what other season?
What is winter?
This religion influenced the Celtic festival as time went on.
What is Christianity?
Carving turnips was replaced by carving pumpkins in this part of the world.
What is North America?
This is one of the most popular Halloween activities for children.
What is trick-or-treating?
The text defines this word as "The beginning or where something first started."
The text defines this word as "The beginning or where something first started."
On October 31, the Celts believed the boundary between these two worlds was blurred.
What is the world of the living and the dead?
The name "Halloween" is a shortened version of this three-word name.
What is All Hallows' Eve?
Halloween has grown into a major holiday in these two countries.
What are Canada and the United States?
Name two of the four modern Halloween traditions listed in the text.
What are dressing up in costumes, going door-to-door to collect candy, decorating homes with spooky themes, and/or carving pumpkins?
This word means "A member of a people from western Europe who settled in ancient Britain before the Romans came."
What is a CELT?
What is the world of the living and the dead?
What is to scare off ghosts?
Before pumpkins, Irish and Scottish immigrants carved these vegetables into lanterns.
What are turnips?
country, people leave bread, water, and a lamp out to welcome back the souls of the dead.
What is Austria?
Name two activities that adults often take part in for Halloween.
What are parties, haunted houses, and/or community events?
The text defines this word as "People who move from one country to live in another."
What are IMMIGRANTS?
The Celts believed these could return to Earth on the night of Samhain.
What are spirits?
In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III declared November 1 to be this holiday.
What is All Saints' Day?
These people from western Europe started the festival of Samhain.
Who are the Celts?
According to the text, Halloween is now mostly about fun, costumes, and this.
What is candy?
This group of people, defined as "people who move from one country to live in another," brought their customs to North America.
Who are IMMIGRANTS?
What ancient Celtic festival, celebrated over 2000 years ago, is the origin of Halloween?
What is Samhain?
In North America, carved pumpkins became known as this.
What are "jack-o'-lanterns"?
These two groups of immigrants brought their Halloween customs to North America in the 1800s.
These two groups of immigrants brought their Halloween customs to North America in the 1800s.
Many modern traditions still connect back to ancient beliefs about spirits and this.
What is the changing of the seasons?
This group, defined as people from western Europe, celebrated the festival of Samhain.
Who are the CELTS?