Compléter Halloween traditionsVersion en ligne Fill in the gaps. par Boglárka Kozári 1 decorate refused monsters looking celebration treating fun orange scary trick October countries carves pattern frightening face ask pumpkins see haunted candle webs Halloween is a that happens on the 31st of . It originally came from a Christian religious day . The 1st of November is All Saints Day , so Halloween is the eve or night before this . Nowadays , it is mainly just an excuse for people to have . The holiday was mainly celebrated in America and from there has spread to many other . It is meant to be the day , and mainly the night , when come out of hiding . This means that people associate scary and things with Halloween . There are three main traditions linked to Halloween : carving , decorating your house and trick - or - . Pumpkins are big vegetables that go an color when they are ripe and ready to eat . When someone a pumpkin they cut the top off it and scoop out all the seeds and flesh from the inside . Then they carve a into the outside of the pumpkin . Often they cut the pattern so that there are holes into the center of the pumpkin . It is traditional to carve your pumpkin into a scary . Then when it is dark you put a or light inside the pumpkin so the light shines out of the frightening face that was carved . Then the pumpkins are used to your house . You put them in a window or on the front porch so people in the street can them . However , the decorations have become much better over the years . Now people try to make their houses look as if they were by hanging skeletons in the garden or putting tombstones outside the house . They might also make it look as if there were lots of spider . They try to make it look as scary as possible . Finally , children get dressed up in costumes and go out - or - treating . This is where they go to people ? s houses and for sweets or candy , their treat . If the house to give them any treats then they would play a trick on the house . Adults do not go trick - or - treating , unless they are after children , but often have their own parties at night . At these parties , they dress up as monsters or anything else that is .