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Not even close. This costume-loving night actually traces back more than 2,000 years to the ancient Celts of Ireland, Scotland, and northern France, who marked a festival called Samhain (say it \"SAHwin\") . To them, the last day of October was the end of the harvest and the start of dark winter, a moment when they believed the line between the living and the departed grew thin. They lit huge bonfires, wore disguises, and told stories under skies already turning cold.  \nThose disguises are the great-great-grandparents of your Halloween costume. People believed that wandering spirits roamed on that night, so folks dressed in masks and animal skins hoping any spirit would mistake them for one of its own and leave them be. Centuries later, Irish and Scottish children took up\"guising,\" going door to door to perform a song, joke, or trick in exchange for food or coins. And here is a detail that will surprise you: the very first jack-o'-lanterns were not pumpkins at all but carved turnips and beets, small and gnarled, with glowing embers tucked inside. When millions of Irish immigrants sailed to North America in the 1800s, they found big, easy-to-carve pumpkins waiting, and a new tradition took root.  \nPumpkins were just the beginning of America's Halloween makeover. In the United States and Canada, the holiday grew into the candy-drenched celebration you know, where \"trick-or-treat\" echoes down neighborhoods and porches glow orange. According to a National Retail Federation survey, Americans planto spend billions of dollars on candy, costumes, and decorations each year, making it one of the country's biggest commercial holidays. Bobbing for apples, a game with roots in old British courtship customs, still shows up at parties, and haunted houses draw long lines. It is a night when a suburban street can transform into a stage overnight.  \nThat theatrical spirit has been packing its suitcase and traveling the globe. In England, families still remember Guy Fawkes Night on November 5 with bonfires and fireworks, a separate autumn tradition all its own. Meanwhile, Halloween itself has been catching on in newer places: costume parades light up Kawasaki, Japan, and shops in Germany now stock pumpkins and spooky decorations each October. It is important to know that some fall holidays are not Halloween at all, even when they share the same weeks on the calendar. Mexico's Day of the Dead, for example, is its own meaningful celebration honoring loved ones who have died, with marigolds, sugar skulls, and family altars, and it should never be called \"Mexican Halloween. \"  \nSo why does a 2,000-year-old harvest festival still matter to you today? Because Halloween is a rare holiday that keeps reinventing itself while carrying its ancient bones along for the ride. Every time you pull on a costume, you are echoing Celts who once hoped a mask might fool a spirit, and every carved pumpkin flickers with the memory of a humble Irish turnip. It has crossed oceans, swapped vegetables, added candy, and picked up new fans on nearly every continent. Not bad for a night that began around a bonfire more than 2,000 years ago, back when winter itself felt like the scariest thing of all.  \nHalloween Around the World  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the central idea developed throughout the passage?\u003Cbr>A. Halloween was invented by Irish immigrants after they arrived in North America\u003Cbr>B. Halloween and the Day of the Dead are two names for the very same celebration\u003Cbr>C. Halloween began as an ancient Celtic festival and has changed and spread across the world over time\u003Cbr>D. 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