Halloween is a tradition celebrated on October 31st that originated in Ireland and parts of Scotland, focusing on lighting bonfires to scare away witches and evil spirits as winter approached. The tradition was brought to the US by Irish emigrants and is now strongly celebrated there, while in Sweden the holiday was adopted commercially by shops seeking to sell more Halloween decorations and costumes.

2. A tradition celebrated the night between 30
and 31 October.

3. Halloween is a strong tradition in the USA.

4. The tradition comes from Ireland and from
some parts of Scotland.

5. The tradition of Halloween came to USA from
Irish emigrants.

6. • The tradition in Ireland: This is the time when winter is coming.
• And in the winter the evil spirts are extra powerful. Therefore, they
lit up bonfires to scare away witches and evil spirits.

7. In Sweden, we began to celebrate Halloween
because of the shops wanted to sell more
stuff, like decorations and costumes.