People around the world will celebrate Halloween this Thursday, October 31. Halloween dates to an ancient Celtic tradition in which people believed the dead would return to visit the living. In the United States, many children are busy preparing for Thursday night. They will shout “trick or treat” as they go from home to home in search of candy or other treats. Some children will paint their faces to look like skulls, borrowing from an ancient Aztec tradition falling around the same time. It is called Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead spread from Mexico and Central America across the U.S. border. It has become big business in the United States. Stores sell Day of the Dead clothing, skulls made of sugar and other products for the celebration.
Title: The Day of the Dead
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/dotd.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Day of the Dead' data-article-id='4239'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9188'>People around the world will celebrate Halloween this Thursday, October 31.</span> <span data-start-time='9188' data-end-time='20271'>Halloween dates to an ancient Celtic tradition in which people believed the dead would return to visit the living.</span> <span data-start-time='20271' data-end-time='26979'>In the United States, many children are busy preparing for Thursday night.</span> <span data-start-time='26979' data-end-time='36542'>They will shout “trick or treat” as they go from home to home in search of candy or other treats.</span> <span data-start-time='36542' data-end-time='49833'>Some children will paint their faces to look like skulls, borrowing from an ancient Aztec tradition falling around the same time.</span> <span data-start-time='49833' data-end-time='57438'>It is called Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead.</span> <span data-start-time='57438' data-end-time='64729'>The Day of the Dead spread from Mexico and Central America across the U.S. border.</span> <span data-start-time='64729' data-end-time='70042'>It has become big business in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='70042' data-end-time='79604'>Stores sell Day of the Dead clothing, skulls made of sugar and other products for the celebration.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/custom_or_belief.wav'><span>custom or belief</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/make_of_sugar.wav'><span>make of sugar</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/borrow_an_idea.wav'><span>borrow an idea</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/return_to_visit.wav'><span>return to visit</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13927 data-hint-location='26979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/what_do_children_shout.wav'>What do children shout?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='trick or treat'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/trick_or_treat.wav'><span>trick or treat</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/bring_out_your_dead.wav'><span>bring out your dead</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/give_us_candy.wav'><span>give us candy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/search_for_treats.wav'><span>search for treats</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13928 data-hint-location='9188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3758/people_believed_the_dead_would__blank_.wav'>People believed the dead would <span class='blank'>return to visit</span>.</div><div class='choices' 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