Halloween

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. It is celebrated in much of the Western world, though most commonly in the United States, the British Isles, Canada and sometimes in Australia and New Zealand. Irish, Scots and other immigrants brought older versions of the tradition to North America in the 19th century. Most other Western countries have embraced Halloween as a part of American pop culture in the late 20th century.

Symbols

Halloween's theme is spooky or scary things particularly involving death, black magic, or mythical monsters. Commonly-associated Halloween characters include ghosts, witches, bats, black cats, owls, goblins, zombies and demons, as well as certain fictional figures like Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. Homes are often decorated with these symbols around Halloween.

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Black magic - Monster - Ghost - Witch - Bat - Black cat - Owl - Goblin - Zombie - Demon - Dracula - Frankenstein

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Black and orange are the traditional colors of Halloween. In modern Halloween images and products, purple, green, and red are also prominent.

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Black - Orange - Purple - Green - Red

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Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins and scarecrows, are also reflected in symbols of Halloween.

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Autumn - Pumpkin - Scarecrow

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The jack-o'-lantern, a carved vegetable lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols. In Britain and Ireland, a turnip was and sometimes still is used, but immigrants to America quickly adopted the pumpkin because it is much larger and easier to carve. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their home's doorstep after dark. The practice was originally intended to frighten away evil spirits or monsters.

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Jack-o'-lantern - Turnip - Pumpkin

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