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FAQs of Halloween

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  • When is halloween?

  • Halloween is always on the 31st of October. Regularly, Halloween decorations begin screening up around the end of September. It is the second most popular holiday (after Christmas) for putting up decorations on houses and many people get quite sophisticated.



  • What is Treating?

  • On Halloween day night, children dressed in costumes and go around their environs, usually in groups accompanied by an adult. They knock on the door of their neighbors while yelling "Trick or Treat?" In years past, kids might have played a joke on their neighbors, but now a days, it's just good fun. The neighbors open the door and give out candy or small treats such as stickers or pencils. Chocolate is very popular and many candy companies make bite size versions just for Halloween. After you thank the person, you go to the next house for more trick or treating.



  • What Are the Popular Halloween Costumes?

  • Popular costumes vary from year to year, but there are a few favorites.
    For boys- a pirate, vampire, super hero or cowboy.
    For Girls- witch, princess, cat or ballerina.



  • What Are the Popular Halloween Colors?

  • Traditional colors used at Halloween are orange, black and purple. But Nowadays colors are used at Halloween red, yellow and brown, to represent fall colored trees.



  • What Are the Popular Halloween Characters?

  • Meet vampires, mummies, witches and ghosts, black cats, spiders, monsters and skeletons. Sometimes this can get a little scary for young ones, so focusing on the more fun and playful aspects of the holiday can really help the little ones.



  • What Are the Popular Halloween Foods?

  • Halloween is also characterized by fall harvest foods such as candies, apples and pumpkins. There's many yummy treats you can make like caramel apples or apple cider. Carving pumpkins into Jack-o'-lanterns is another traditional Halloween activity you might try with your students. If you don't have pumpkins, use orange paper to make a Jack-o'-lantern craft instead.



  • What's the Halloween capital of the world?

  • Anoka, Minnesota, USA, the self-proclaimed "Halloween Capital of the World" make merry with a huge civic parade.



  • What Are the Popular Halloween Symbols?

  • Pumpkins, Black Cats, Bats, Witches, Ghosts, Monsters, Witches' Cauldrons.



  • Is Halloween a Safe Celebration?

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    Halloween is safe. Most people just want to have fun and see the happy, excited children. However, sporadically there are problems. There have been cases where adults have tried to hurt children by putting dangerous things inside candy. If you decide to let your children go trick-or-treating, you should always check their candy before they eat it.



  • What are the safety tips to celebrate the Halloween?

  • 1. Always check with your friends, neighbors, child's teachers, or other knowledgeable people to see if trick-or-treating is safe in your neighborhood.
    2. Parents should walk with their children while their children are trick-or-treating.
    3. Children should not eat anything while trick-or-treating. Instead, they should wait until they get home so their parents can examine the candy.
    4. Parents should examine their child's candy before the child eats it. Throw out any candy that is in a damaged or open package.
    5. Children should not wear masks as these can block their vision. Instead, they can wear makeup on their faces.
    6. If you are worried about the safety of your child's candy, you may be able to have the candy checked at some police stations.



  • Is Halloween Christian, Pagan, or Secular?

  • The most basic answer is "secular." People who celebrate this day in a religious context usually do not call it Halloween, and the common practices associated with Halloween such as costuming and giving of treats are secular celebrations.



  • Where does Halloween come from?

  • The most basic answer is "secular." People who celebrate this day in a religious context usually do not call it Halloween, and the common practices associated with Halloween such as costuming and giving of treats are secular celebrations.