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The passage explains how disposable decorations were usually thrown away, making surviving pieces rare and valuable to collectors. It also describes shifting tastes toward front-yard staging, fueled by spending trends and technology that lets lights, sounds, and moving projections transform houses after dark. 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Not even close. More than a hundred years ago, long before your great-great-grandparents were born, Halloween decorations were mostly made of paper. Picture a parlor in the early 1900s strung with paper lanterns, honeycomb pumpkins that folded flat, and cardboard black cats with arched backs. These flimsy little decorations were cheap, colorful, and meant to be thrown away after one party, which is exactly why the ones that survived are so rare now.  \nThose disposable paper cats had a secret origin story: many of the best ones came  \nfrom far across the ocean. In the early 1900s, some of the finest Halloween decorations were made in Germany, crafted from paper and papier-mache, a mush of paper and glue shaped like clay and then dried hard. German artisans molded jack-o'-lanterns, witches, and goblins with a level of detail that cheap American paper couldn't match. When World War I and later World War II cut off trade with Germany, those imports mostly stopped, and American companies stepped in to fill the shelves.  \nBecause so few of those German pieces survived house parties and spring cleanings, they became treasure to the people who hunt for them today. A single well-preserved papier-mache jack-o'-lantern from that era can sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars at auction, depending on its condition. Collectors prize the fragile figures the same way baseball fans prize a rookie card that somehow escaped the trash. What was once a throwaway centerpiece is now kept in glass cases, and that little twist tells you a lot about how tastes change over time.  \nIf early decorating lived inside the parlor, the modern version has spilled out the front door and taken over the whole yard. Somewhere along the way, Americans decided the outside of the house was the real stage, and they started decorating it bigger every year. According to a National Retail Federation survey, people in the United States now spend billions of dollars on Halloween each year, with a big chunk going to decorations alone. Front lawns bloom with foam tombstones, cobweb blankets, and skeletons posed like they are throwing their own party.  \nThe newest twist on all that yard decorating is that it glows, hums, and moves after  \ndark. Light-up displays now turn ordinary houses into blinking, projector-lit spectacles that neighbors slowdown to admire. Strings of orange lights, glowing pumpkins, and projected ghosts on garage doors have made Halloween a season you can see from down the block. In just over a century, the holiday's look has traveled from a paper cat you could crush in one hand to a yard so bright it shows up in the dark. And somewhere in an attic, a fragile German jack-o'-lantern that cost pennies may still be waiting, worth more today than the whole light show combined.  \nThe History of Halloween Decorations Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the central idea developed across the whole passage?\u003Cbr>A. Halloween parties in the early 1900s were held mostly outdoors in the front yard\u003Cbr>B. Halloween decorating has changed from small paper items to huge glowing yard displays over about a century\u003Cbr>C. German artisans were the only people who ever made quality Halloween decorations for parties\u003Cbr>D. Collectors today care more about new inflatables than about old paper decorations |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What point of view about changing tastes does the author express?\u003Cbr>A. That German decorations were never worth the trade trouble\u003Cbr>B. That modern inflatables are always better than old paper decorations\u003Cbr>C. That an item once thrown away can become treasured, showing how tastes change\u003Cbr>D. That collecting old decorations is a waste of money and space |  |  |","cbCaieVG5v8qNcuF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieVG5v8qNcuF","pdf",102322,"English","# Central Idea\n## Changing Tastes and Value\n## Disposable Paper Decorations\n## Structure and Paragraph Purpose\n## Spending Source\n## German Trade Disruption\n## Meaning of “Papier-mache”\n## Comparison for Collector Value","[{\"question\":\"What is the central idea of the passage?\",\"answer\":\"Halloween decorations have changed over about a century, moving from small early 1900s paper items to huge glowing yard displays.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author explain changing tastes?\",\"answer\":\"The author suggests that something once thrown away can become treasured, showing how tastes change over time.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “disposable” suggest about early paper decorations?\",\"answer\":\"It suggests the decorations were meant to be thrown away after being used once.\"}]","The History of Halloween Decorations - Solve each problem | PDF",1790807674,12]