BRITISH FESTIVITY : Halloween

 

Special thanks to Diane and Noémie for their oral presentation on Halloween !!

 

 

 

Thanks to Diane and  and Noémie for their great  presentation !!

                                                  HISTORY  
 

Halloween is a special holiday for English and American children. They celebrate it on October 31st. It is on the day before All Saints' Day.

The origins of Halloween are very ancient.

One of the symbols of this festival are large orange pumpkin lanterns called Jack o' Lanterns.         

The lanterns are made from pumpkins carved in the appearance of a scary face.

They have got a candle inside and they are hung on trees or put by windows, so you can see them in the dark.              
Children make the lanterns to frighten witches and ghosts.
In the evening children put on scary costumes and masks and they go out. In the street you can see ghosts, witches, skeletons, pirates, wizards and other different costumes.

They go from house to house, they knock on the door and when people open, children say:

Trick or treat! Smell my feet!       

      Give me something good to eat!

People usually give them money, sweets, candies, apples and nuts. But sometimes children get nothing, so they play a trick!

                                                     TRADITIONS
 

Halloween means "All Hallows Eve", the evening before All Saints. Halloween is a popular event in America , Great Britain and Ireland. Both adults and children alike celebrate All Saints Eve. The children dress up in funny clothes and masks .They go round the houses, ring the door- bells and say: "Trick or treat". People give them some candy, fruit, money, or they play a trick , like writing on windows with soap, ringing door-bell, spray shaving cream on cars, dumping garbage can.

 

People make faces out of large pumpkins and put candles inside: this is called Jack O'Lantern. They cut out ghosts and spectres and even skeletons and put them in their windows. Teenagers in middle school and high school have a Halloween party and dance. The party is in the evening in the school gymnasium. After the school party, everyone helps to clean up.

 

At home and at school children play games such as "dunking for apples", "apples on a string", and others. Typical Halloween food is nuts, popcorn, pumpkin pie, liquorice, sweets and candied apples. The Halloween drink is apple cider.

                                             Vocabulary and games

Revise your vocabulary and play these two games!
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/halloween.html
  
                                                          QUIZ
 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/halloween-quiz-questions-and-answers.html