Summary "Halloween"
Halloween is on October 31 and that is when all the children dress up in different costumes and go "Trick or Treat".
The word Halloween comes from the All Hallows’ Eve; the All Saints’ Day, a holy day that was celebrated on November 1st. Back in time the thou, October 31st was the eve of the Celtic New Year for the Celts, who lived over 2,000 years ago. On this day the Celts honored the Celtic lord of the dead and the people dressed up in the evning and attended a big bonefire. Later on, when October 31 was no longer the end of the year, they continued to celebrate the Fall festivalto honor the dead.
Now Halloween has become a celebration for the children and schools and neighborhoods hold festivals and parties. Recently adults have also started to celebrate Halloween and it has become more of a family celebration. At Halloween parties the children play gamess, listen to ghost stories, enjoy snacks, and decorate their Halloween “trick-or-treat” bag for the evening.
There are a lot of symbols of Halloween and most of them has to do with spirits and dead. Witches on broomsticks with blac cats, ghosts, skeletons, and pumpkins are some of the symbols. The colors of Halloween are black and orange and families are decorating their houses with items connected to Halloween. The pumkin is the most common decoration. You carve the pumpkin into jack-o’-lanterns, which is to cut a face into the pumpkin, and when a house has a pumkin with a candle in it, it means that the children are welcome to do "trick or treat" at that house.
The word Halloween comes from the All Hallows’ Eve; the All Saints’ Day, a holy day that was celebrated on November 1st. Back in time the thou, October 31st was the eve of the Celtic New Year for the Celts, who lived over 2,000 years ago. On this day the Celts honored the Celtic lord of the dead and the people dressed up in the evning and attended a big bonefire. Later on, when October 31 was no longer the end of the year, they continued to celebrate the Fall festivalto honor the dead.
Now Halloween has become a celebration for the children and schools and neighborhoods hold festivals and parties. Recently adults have also started to celebrate Halloween and it has become more of a family celebration. At Halloween parties the children play gamess, listen to ghost stories, enjoy snacks, and decorate their Halloween “trick-or-treat” bag for the evening.
There are a lot of symbols of Halloween and most of them has to do with spirits and dead. Witches on broomsticks with blac cats, ghosts, skeletons, and pumpkins are some of the symbols. The colors of Halloween are black and orange and families are decorating their houses with items connected to Halloween. The pumkin is the most common decoration. You carve the pumpkin into jack-o’-lanterns, which is to cut a face into the pumpkin, and when a house has a pumkin with a candle in it, it means that the children are welcome to do "trick or treat" at that house.
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Words from the article "Halloween"
costume(s): What costume are you going to wear on Halloween?
“Trick or Treat”: Would you like to go trick or treat with me?
pirate(s): There are a lot of pirates on the sea.
goody(ies): Every child loves goodies, except you.
treat: I will give you a treat if you go with m to the match.
exclaim over: You are exclaiming over my new dress.
hallow: Oh, you really made me hollow when you scared me.
ancestor(s): The people who lived for 2000 years ago are my ancestors.
mingle: Before the dinner at the party we mingled.
dress up: You are suppose to dress up for the dinner.
bonfire: On May 1, we have a big bonefre in Sweden.
harvest: It is the end of the harving season now, because it's getting cold.
outrageous: My costume is so cool; it's outrageous.
prank(s): A prank to do on Halloween can be to throw eggs on the windows.
soap(ing): I am going to soaping the car.
reveler(s): All of us at the party are revelers.
ghost story(-ies): When we sat around the bonefire I told the others a scary ghost story.
bob(bing): I'm bobbing to get hold of the apple in the water with my teeth.
originate(d): Christmas originated because that Jesus was born then.
witch(es): Watch out for the witches because they can cast a spell on you.
goblin(s): On Halloween you can dress up like a goblin.
skeleton(s): My skeleton is very fragile.
evolve(d): To celebrate Halloween is on its way to evolve in Sweden.
silhouette(s): A silhouette of a witch is hanging in he window.
fake: This snake is no real; it'a a fake snail.
elaborate: This decoration is very elaborate.
spooky: To be out alone in the night is very spooky and scary.
graveyard: Her grandparents are dead and lie in the graveyard.
squash: Pumpkins are like orange squashes.
carve(-ing): We are going to carve a pumpkin on friday.
jack-o-lantern: This pumpkin has a really cool jack-o-lantern.
legend: According to the legend vampires melt in the sunlight.
stingy: You are stingy, because you don't want to share your candy.
doom(ed): He is doomed to be alone for the rest of his life.
wander: She is wandering around and has nothing to do.
turnip(s): Would you like to have some turnips to eat?
“Trick or Treat”: Would you like to go trick or treat with me?
pirate(s): There are a lot of pirates on the sea.
goody(ies): Every child loves goodies, except you.
treat: I will give you a treat if you go with m to the match.
exclaim over: You are exclaiming over my new dress.
hallow: Oh, you really made me hollow when you scared me.
ancestor(s): The people who lived for 2000 years ago are my ancestors.
mingle: Before the dinner at the party we mingled.
dress up: You are suppose to dress up for the dinner.
bonfire: On May 1, we have a big bonefre in Sweden.
harvest: It is the end of the harving season now, because it's getting cold.
outrageous: My costume is so cool; it's outrageous.
prank(s): A prank to do on Halloween can be to throw eggs on the windows.
soap(ing): I am going to soaping the car.
reveler(s): All of us at the party are revelers.
ghost story(-ies): When we sat around the bonefire I told the others a scary ghost story.
bob(bing): I'm bobbing to get hold of the apple in the water with my teeth.
originate(d): Christmas originated because that Jesus was born then.
witch(es): Watch out for the witches because they can cast a spell on you.
goblin(s): On Halloween you can dress up like a goblin.
skeleton(s): My skeleton is very fragile.
evolve(d): To celebrate Halloween is on its way to evolve in Sweden.
silhouette(s): A silhouette of a witch is hanging in he window.
fake: This snake is no real; it'a a fake snail.
elaborate: This decoration is very elaborate.
spooky: To be out alone in the night is very spooky and scary.
graveyard: Her grandparents are dead and lie in the graveyard.
squash: Pumpkins are like orange squashes.
carve(-ing): We are going to carve a pumpkin on friday.
jack-o-lantern: This pumpkin has a really cool jack-o-lantern.
legend: According to the legend vampires melt in the sunlight.
stingy: You are stingy, because you don't want to share your candy.
doom(ed): He is doomed to be alone for the rest of his life.
wander: She is wandering around and has nothing to do.
turnip(s): Would you like to have some turnips to eat?