A Holiday in October

• Halloween is celebrated on October 31st.

• Many countries in Europe and around the world celebrate Halloween

• Halloween comes fr

om the Celtic /keltic/ tradition.

• Around this date, the Celts celebrated the end of summer and the beginning of winter.

• This festivitiy was called Samhain.

• The Celts believed the spirits of dead people came alive on this night.

• They built bonfires and wore costumes to send evil spirits and ghosts away.

• This Celtic tradition was turned by the Catholic Church into “All Hollows Eve” which means the vigil of all Saints.

• This is where the word Halloween comes from.

• The Celts used pumpkins to frighten evil spirits. Now, many families carve pumpkins together. They cut a face in it with a knife. They put a candle in the inside to make it light up.

• This is called a Jack-o-lantern. They put the Jack-o-lantern in a window so everybody can see it.

• Many people also dress up in costumes.

• Costumes can be scary or funny.

• Children “Trick-or-Treat” in their Halloween costumes to get sweets.

They go to a door and knock.

When it opens they scream,

TRICK OR TREAT!

1.When do we celebrate Halloween?

EVERY OCTOBER 31ST

1. Where does Halloween come from?

CELTIC TRADITIONPEOPLE BELIEVED THE DEAD

RETURNED

What is a Jack-o-Lantern?

A PUMPKIN

WHAT DO CHILDREN SAY ON HALLOWEEN?

TRICK OR TREAT!

WHAT DO PEOPLE WEAR ON HALLOWEEN?

COSTUMES

PUMPKIN

JACK 0 LANTERN

WITCH

BLACK CAT

BATS

HAUNTED HOUSE

GHOSTS

SKELETONS

GRAVES

COSTUMES

TRICK OR

TREATERS