Halloween has its origins in an ancient Celtic festival celebrating the end of summer, where the Celts believed the spirits of the dead returned to Earth. Nowadays, Halloween is celebrated on October 31st where children dress up in costumes like ghosts and vampires and go door-to-door trick-or-treating, and homes and gardens are decorated with scary symbols like jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, and ghosts. The jack-o-lantern tradition originated from an Irish tale about a man named Jack who was trapped between Heaven and Hell and forced to wander with his lantern until Judgment Day.

1. Halloween
31st October
Cidália Sousa  Cláudia Regina Abreu

2. Halloween is a very important
festivity for English and
American people.

3. Halloween has its roots in an
ancient Celtic festival to
celebrate the end of summer.

4. The Celts believed that on 31st
October the spirits returned to the
earthly world.
To avoid being recognised, people
wore scary masks when they left
their homes during night hours.

5. Nowadays children love wearing
scary costumes.
They dress up as ghosts, bats,
vampires, skeletons, witches…

6. Houses and gardens are
decorated with ghosts, skeletons,
pumpkins and other scary things.

7. Jack O’ Lanterns are the most
important symbol at Halloween
and people like cutting pumpkins
in many forms.

8. The Irish have a tale about the
origin of Jack O’ Lantern…
Jack was a bad, drunken Irishman
who had tricked the devil.
When he died, he was unable to
enter Heaven or Hell because of his
bad behaviour.
So he had to walk the Earth with his
lantern until Judgement Day.

9. On Halloween people organise
parties at schools, at home and
in streets.

10. Children knock on people’s doors
and say “Trick or treat?”. If they
don’t receive a treat (sweets), they
play tricks on them.
Trick or treat ?

11. Food is very important at
Halloween parties so it is very
well decorated.

12. Watch this Halloween video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI

13. Happy
Halloween