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Back then, the scariest thing on the porch might have been a paper cat pinned to the door. In the early 1900s, Halloween decorations were mostly made of paper: fold-out cardboard cats, honeycomb pumpkins, and crepe-paper streamers strung across a parlor. Party-planning books of the era told hosts exactly how to hang them, and families followed the pages like a recipe. It was a holiday you decorated by hand, one cutout at a time.  \nThose printed party guides created a demand that someone had to fill, and much of  \nthe answer came from across the ocean. Before World War I, a large share of America's Halloween decorations were made in Germany, especially in the toy-making region of Saxony. German workshops turned out figures made of papier-mache, a molded paste of paper and glue, along with detailed die-cut paper cats, witches, and jack-o'-lanterns. These pieces were prized for their bright colors and expressive faces, and stores imported them by the boxful. When war cut off that trade, American companies had to step in and make their own.  \nThose old German pieces did not vanish, though, and today they hang on a very different kind of wall. Collectors now hunt for early papier-mache lanterns and die-cuts, and the rarest examples can sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars at auction. A jack-o'-lantern lantern that once held a candle for anickel's worth of fun may now sit behind glass in a display case. What makes them valuable is exactly what made them fragile: paper and paste do not survive a century easily, so few remain. One person's flimsy party decoration became another person's treasured antique.  \nIf those early decorations lived indoors and lasted a single night, the modern version has moved outside and taken over the whole month. Somewhere in the last few decades, Americans stopped decorating just the front door and started decorating the entire yard. According to a National Retail Federation survey, Halloween is now one of the biggest spending holidays of the year, with decorations a major part of the total. People buy tombstone props, giant spiders, and stretchy webbing, turning ordinary lawns into scenes anyone can walk past and enjoy. The holiday that once fit in a parlor now spills across the whole neighborhood.  \nFilling a yard is one thing, but making it glow after dark is what truly changed the game. Electric lights let families decorate the night itself, first with simple orange string lights and later with projectors that throw moving images onto a house. Inflatable displays, powered by small built-in fans, can stand tall by evening and fold flat into a box by morning. LED bulbs made all of this cheaper to run and safer than the open candles of a century ago. A single modern yard can carry more lights than an entire street once did.  \nFrom a paper cat on a door to a lawn that glows like a stage, the way we decorate has flipped inside out. What began indoors with folded paper moved outdoors with plastic and electricity, and what was once thrown away is now saved and studied. The tools changed, but the goal never did: people still want to  \ntransform their homes for one strange and delightful night. Here is the thought to carry with you. The crumbling paper witch that a family tossed out in 1910 might be worth more today than every glowing decoration on the block.  \n The History of Halloween Decorations Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What were most Halloween decorations made of in the early 1900s?\u003Cbr>A. Plastic, such as molded skeletons and spiders\u003Cbr>B. Metal, such as painted tin lanterns and figures\u003Cbr>C. Fabric, such as stitched banners and costumes\u003Cbr>D. Paper, such as cardboard cats and crepe-paper streamers |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- ","cbCaifCdZylPzr27","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifCdZylPzr27","pdf",104542,"English","# Halloween decorations in the early 1900s\n## Paper crafts and party-planning guides\n# German-made decorations before World War I\n## Papier-mache figures and die-cut cats\n# Collecting and surviving antiques\n## Fragility and rising value\n# The shift to outdoor yard displays\n## From the front door to the whole yard\n# Lighting innovations after dark\n## String lights, projectors, inflatables, LEDs\n# Overall change in decorating goals","[{\"question\":\"What were most Halloween decorations made of in the early 1900s?\",\"answer\":\"Most early Halloween decorations were made of paper, including fold-out cardboard cats, honeycomb pumpkins, and crepe-paper streamers.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did American companies begin making their own decorations before World War I trade ended?\",\"answer\":\"War cut off the supply of German-made pieces, so American companies had to step in and produce their own decorations.\"},{\"question\":\"How did electric lighting change Halloween decorating according to the passage?\",\"answer\":\"Electric lights enabled families to decorate the night itself, moving the holiday’s atmosphere outdoors with string lights and later projectors that could display moving images.\"}]","The History of Halloween Decorations - Read and Answer Questions | PDF",1790807674,15]