Haloween has many customs that go along with it. Your family may have holiday traditions including carving pumpkins, trick-or-treating or attending parties.
Jack-o'-lanterns
Jack-o'-lanterns are carved pumpkins with a candle or other light placed inside. For many years, they've been used to decorateand light up Halloween night.
Long ago in Great Britain, people carved lanterns in vegetables such as turnips. But carving jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween is probably a North American custom that came about in the mid- to late-1800s. "Jack-o'-lantern " probably originally meant a night watchman.
Costumes
Are you planning to wear a costume for Halloween? This custom may have begun with the Druids, who wore masks and disguises in the hope that ghosts wouldn't recognize them.
Owls
Because of their loud, screeching sound and the fact that they come out at night, owls were believed by some people to be witches in disguise.
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