Halloween is an annual holiday. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday of All Saints.
When and where is it celebrated?
It is celebrated on the 31st October
Why is it on the 31st October?
Because it was the end of the harvest season and the new year for the Celts.
Is it a religious celebration?
Yes it is.
What does the word Halloween mean?
The word itself, "Halloween", actually has its origins in the Catholic Curch. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or All Saints Day), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints.
Name 2 typical games
Trick-or-treating and ghost tours.
When did it became a dangerous celebration? Why?
It became a dangerous celebration when there was vandalism. So then, the children, started travelling door to door for treat as an alternative to troublemaking.
How do people celebrat it today?
Now, Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
"The Others"
This Halloween we've been watching The Others. I liked it a lot. The film's characters were Grace, Nicolas and Anne, Lydia, Mrs. Mills, Mr. Tuttle and Victor.
New vocabulary:
ask for forgivness, apologize, graveyard, bury/burried family, priest, to bless, bleed, trigger, photosensitive and intruders.
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