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Halloween: A Haunted History

 
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Directions: What do you know about Halloween? Explore the Web site provided to learn about the history of that spooky holiday. Then use words from the Halloween word list to complete each sentence below.

Web Resource: A Brief History of Halloween
http://www.dcls.org/x/archives/halloween.html

Samhain evil spirits All Saints Day Anoka, Minnesota saints Pomona

All Hallow's Eve Rome, Italy Autumn Play Party jack o' lanterns Hall of Horrors witches

1. Halloween is a combination of two pagan holidays, the Celtic festival of _______________________________ and the Roman festival of ________________________.

2. In the ancient festivals, villagers dressed in costumes to scare away ___________________________________.

3. To stop people from celebrating the pagan festivals, the Catholic Church created _________________________.

4. The name Halloween, probably first used in the 1500s, means _______________________________________.

5. The first official celebration of Halloween took place in 1921 in ______________________________________.

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Article by Linda Starr
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