Write about how you spend weekend in Past Simple.​

Weekend is something that I really look forward to after six busy days at school. I think, every person, whether an adult or a child, cannot work all the time and needs time for rest. That’s why weekends are useful and necessary. I usually spend time with my family or friends at weekends. Sometimes I need to be left alone for a while. In any case, I try to spend my weekends cheerfully and positively.

Last weekend wasn’t much different from other free days but there was something special about it. It was my mum’s birthday. I woke up earlier than others on Sunday morning to buy her some flowers and to decorate our hall with colorful balloons. My parents were surprised how agile I can be and my mum was truly happy. My dad also prepared a special present for her. It was a crystal vase, which she had long wanted to buy.

We were expecting some guests, so my mum decided to cook delicious meals. Her specialty is sweet-and-sour chicken and Olivier salad. She asked me to help her, so I did. If it wasn’t her birthday, I would have already been somewhere with my friends. We like walking at the nearest mall and going to the cinema, but that day I had to stay at home, which was somewhat boring. When the guests arrived, I understood that I was wrong. The evening was promising, as my mums’ co-workers came with their children. We decided to arrange a small party in my room. For that occasion my dad ordered two large pizzas and fruit juice. So the birthday wasn’t boring at all. On the contrary, we had lots of fun, played mafia, sang karaoke and danced to music. At the end of the day everybody was tired but happy.

Halloween is a holiday of vampires, witches, ghosts and other evil spirits. Because of this, children wear costumes and masks with their images. Until recently, this holiday was wildly celebrated only in the United States and now it is becoming more and more popular in Europe and gradually in the USSR. What do we know about this holiday, where it originates? For thousands of years, different people have celebrated different holidays and festivals in October. Halloween is one of the oldest holidays in the world. This history dates back thousands of years, starting with the Celtic festival of Samhejn, the Roman day of Pomona (the goddess of plants) and the Christian "all Saints 'Day". This holiday strangely combines the Celtic tradition of celebrating the evil spirit and the Christian-the worship of everything sacred.

Across Europe, this night marked the transition to winter. They believe that at this time the souls of the dead visit former homes to warm themselves by the fire. They wander around collecting donations of food and drink from other family members. The souls of the dead could take on different forms-the evil ones took over the animals. Along with them, there are other forces of darkness: demons, brownies, witches. All evil Spirits descend to the earth. Because of fear, people extinguished the fires in their homes and dressed up as scary as possible-in animal skins and heads, hoping to scare away evil spirits.

At the end of the XIX century, Halloween was tried to turn into a public holiday, and many superstitious features of Halloween disappeared into history.

Now Halloween is a festival that takes place on October 31. In the United States, children wear costumes and masks and go for candy or treats. Many of them carve Jack-a-lanterns out of plump species. Divination and telling stories about ghosts and witches are popular activities.

People once believed that there were many ghosts and witches on Earth, and that they met on October 31 to worship the devil. Today, people don't believe in ghosts and witches, but they love to tell stories about them on Halloween.

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