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Halloween in the US
Halloween, or All Hallow's Eve, is celebrated on October 31st, originating from Celtic traditions and brought to the U.S. by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the 19th century. The holiday includes activities like trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, and wearing costumes, with children collecting candy while dressed in various outfits. Common symbols of Halloween include ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, and various spooky creatures.
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Halloween in the US
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- 2. The History ofHalloween 🎃 Halloween or All Hallow’s Eve is celebrated on the 31st of October 🎃 It is the day before All Hallows' Day, also known as All Saints' Day 🎃 It has Celtic origins – Video on the History of Halloween 🎃 The tradition of Halloween was brought to the United States by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the 19th century 🎃 Trick or Treating did not begin in the United States until the 1950s
- 3. Halloween in theUSA Candy, Pumpkins, and Costumes
- 4. Trick or treat,smell my feet Give me something good to eat!
- 5. Trick-or-treating 🎃 Children walkaround their neighborhood in costumes with a bag to collect candy. 🎃 They knock on the doors of each house. 🎃 When the door is opened, they say “TRICK OR TREAT” 🎃 Then, the children get candy!
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- 7. Selecting a pumpkin 🎃Before you can carve a pumpkin, you must buy one to use! 🎃We go to pumpkin patches or the grocery store to find a pumpkin. 🎃There are lots of pumpkins around the time of Halloween!
- 8. Carving the pumpkin First,you must select a design.
- 9. Carving the pumpkin Next,you must cut the stem off of the pumpkin and empty out the insides!
- 10. Carving the pumpkin Next,you draw the design on the pumpkin.
- 11. Carving the pumpkin Then,using a special set of small knives, you cut the design out of the pumpkin.
- 12. Finally, you placea candle inside the jack- o-lantern, and light the candle.
- 13. Wearing a costumeis the best part! Witch, Frankenstein, Ghost, Vampire, Minion
- 14. Halloween 1998 withmy family Halloween 2010 with my friend
- 15. Questions... Raise your handto answer! 1. Will you wear a costume this year? 2. Have you gone trick-or-treating? 3. Have you been to a haunted house?
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- 17. Practice new vocabulary Imagineyou are decorating a haunted house for Halloween. Draw some symbols of Halloween in your haunted house and write their name in English beside them.