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Talking about Halloween (Let's Talk)
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Description

Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st every year. It originated from a pagan holiday and the Christian holiday of All Saints' Day. The name Halloween is a shortened version of All Hallows' Eve. Today, it is more of a fun day for children and has largely lost its religious roots. Halloween is not celebrated in many countries around the world although many people know about it.

Halloween has many easily identifiable symbols. The colours orange and black are widely used. In particular, orange pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are common features of this day. One of the biggest Halloween activities is trick-or-treating. This is when children knock on doors and ask for a small gift. If they don't get anything, they'll play a trick on the person who opens the door. Food also plays a big part of Halloween. Toffee apples are very popular and so is anything made from pumpkin.

Explanations

Evil Characters :

1. Ghost :
The spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear in bodily likeness to living persons or to haunt former habitats.

2. Ghoul :
An evil spirit or phantom, especially one supposed to rob graves and feed on dead bodies

3. Goblin :
A spirit that is mischievous or malicious and plays dirty tricks.

4. witch :
A woman thought to have evil magic powers, popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat, and flying on a broomstick.

5. Warlock :
A man who practices the black arts also know as a male witch.

6. Vampire :
A reanimated dead body especially of a human that is believed to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people.

7. Werewolf :
A person believed to have been transformed into a wolf or to be capable of assuming the form of a wolf.

8. Zombie :
A dead body said to be revived by witch which feeds itself on human flesh and blood.The zombie character is more famous in American movie.