Autumn is one of the four seasons characterized by falling temperatures and shorter days. Trees shed their leaves as they go dormant for the winter and animals gather food and migrate. There are two major holidays in autumn - Halloween, where children dress up and go trick-or-treating, and Thanksgiving, a harvest festival celebrated in the US and Canada with feasts of turkey and time with family. Autumn foliage draws many tourists to eastern parts of North America.

1. Victoria
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2. Autumn is one of the four
seasons.
The temperature drops and the
days become shorter.
There is usually a lot of rain.
In autumn trees shed their
leaves because they can’t
grow well in winter so they go
to sleep and no longer need
their leaves until next year.
In this season, there are
holidays like Halloween and
Thanksgiving.
Autumn is the season in which
animals begin to gather food
for the winter or migrate to
warmer countries.

3. • In North America it is known as ‘fall’.
• Some of the foods harvested in autumn include: pumpkins, apples, broccoli, carrots,
grapes, onions, mushrooms, peppers, pears, spinach, and pomegranates.
• People have referred to autumn as an unhealthy season.
• During this season there are a lot of tourists in eastern Canada and New England because
of their autumnal foliage.
• Before the 16th century, people referred to autumn as “harvest”.
• Autumn has been one of the top 100 names for girls in the United states since 1997.
• In the southern hemisphere Easter is celebrated in autumn.
• The word “autumn” was made in 1325 – 75.
• Leaves don’t really change their colors, they’re always that way. It’s just that when leaves
make food for themselves it completely covers them and they appear to be green. When
autumn comes the leaves die they stop making food and their true colors are revealed.

4. There are two holidays in autumn,
Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is about being thankful
for all the things that you have.
It is a national holiday that is
celebrated in both the United States
and Canada. This holiday came from
the feast in Plymouth in 1621 which
was the first ever Thanksgiving.
On Thanksgiving usually people
celebrate by having a big feast,
traditionally with a turkey. Relatives
usually visit each other’s homes and
eat together on this day.

5. Halloween is when children
dress up in costumes and go
“trick or treating”. I always get
so much candy that I can’t
eat it all before some of it gets
old. Almost every house is
decorated on Halloween.
Halloween is a contraction of
All Hallows’ Day. This holiday is
also known as All halloween,
All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’
Eve. It is a time dedicated to
remembering the dead,
including saints.