Halloween

Halloween comes from the ancient Celtic festival known as

• All Saints Day

• Samhain

• Christmas

On Samhain, people believed that the dead returned as ____

• pumpkins

• ghosts

• spiders

People would wear masks __________

• to deceive the ghosts

• because the Celts were all really ugly

• when they went to parties

In the 8th century, the Christian Church changed Samhain to ____

• All Saints Day

• All Saints Night

• Halloween

Depending on the religious group, the word 'saint' could refer to ___

• any Christian

• a Christian who has gone to heaven

• a Christian known for strong religious devotion

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The word 'hallow' means 'holy' and is a _______ of saint.

• synonym

• homonym

• antonym

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The day before "All Saints (Hallows) Day" was called __________

• The day before "All Saints (Hallows) Day"

• Adam and Eve

• All Hallows Eve

"All Hallows Eve" was later shortened to ______

• Thanksgiving

• Halloween

• Valentines Day

In the 19th century, immigrants to the U.S. revived some of the ancient traditions of "souling" and "guising." This became known as _____________

• Treat or tricking

• Trick or treating

• Stealing Candy from Kids

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Best-selling album/song about dancing zombies

• Drake's "Monster Mash"

• Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

• Eminem's "Little Shop of Horrors"