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hello Pakhi,a a couple weeks ago I turned 10. and I feel a whole lot different. a coupleweeks before my birthday I started reading a book called where the red ferngrows. Its such a wonderful book! i think you should read it. Its very sadthough. but once you start reading it you cany stop! I have many jobs around

the house. I have to feed my dog, feed my cat, give them both water. I have tocheck the mail and i have to take the trash out. Tommorow im going to SanFransico with my grandfather. I cant wait to tell you about all the amazingthings there like the worlds bumpiest street and the golden gate bridge andthe bay. The only thing bad about going is waking up at 3:00 in the morning tocatch our flight. I have four people in my family, my dad, my mom, and mybrother. My babysitter lives with me though so I guess we can call her family:]Do you have any brothers or sisters? if so how many? In scool we have beenlearning a lot on multiplying big numbers. I love doing it but sometimes it canbe a challage.

I am sending you a paper on Halloween. I hope you like it!

your friend,Walker

HALLOWEEN

Halloween is derived from the

term All Hallows Eve on

October 31st

. All saints day or

all hallows day was the nextday, November 1

st. Halloween

is the eve of all saints day.

Halloween comes from an old

Celtic celebration called all

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hallows eve. During the

festival, they would bless and

convert pagans called

Halloween, because hallow

means saints and een means

evening. We dress up honering

the Celtics who would wear

masks to scare evil spirits away.

Preventing demons from

identifying them as humans.

Celts lived more than 2,000

years ago in what is now

England, Ireland, Wales, and

Northern France. Celtics

ordered druid [ priests ] used to

honer Samhin, the lord of the

dead evening October 31st

day

November 1st

. Halloween

celebrated annually on October

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31st

is an American holiday that

has roots in Northern European

harvest festivals. Halloween

celebrations usually include

ghosts, ghouls, and all manner

of the living dead. Dia De Los

muertuertos is Spanish for the

day of the dead a Mexican

holiday thats falls at the same

time of year. Though the

holidays seem superfictually

similar theres a few key

differences. Today we dress up

in costumes and go to house to

house and they give us candy.

We call this trick-or treating.

Trick-or-treating comes from

Irish farmers who would go

from house to house begging

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for food. Many kids think

Halloween is just about

dressing up and getting candy. I

used to think that too! But until

now I never really thought of

the term where did Halloween

come from.