• What is Halloween?

Halloween is a special day. Children and their parents dress up in different costumes/ have parties/watch horror films/decorate classrooms and houses with pumpkins.

• When is Halloween celebrated?

Halloween is celebrated 31^st October.

• Where is Halloween celebrated?

Halloween is celebrated in Great Britain/in Ireland/in Canada/ in the USA

• Why is the name of the holiday Halloween?

Halloween is the evening before All Hallow´s Day, also called All Saint´s Day (svátek Všech svatých) on November the 1st. Halloween is a short version of „Hallows´ Evening“, the evening before All Hallows´Day.

• What is a pumpkin?

A pumpkin is a large, round, orange vegetable

• What is jack-o´-lantern?

Jack-o´-lantern is a light made from a pumpkin/hollow pumpkin with holes/ holes like person´s face/ inside is a candle

• How to make a jack-o´-lantern?

Cut the top of the pumpkin off with a knife/Hollow out the pumpkin/Draw a scary face on the pumpkin/Cut out the eyes, nose and mouth/Put a candle inside and light it/Put the top back on and it´s ready.

• Why do people put a jack-o´-lantern outside their houses?

They put the jack-o´-lantern outside their houses to be friendly with the spirits.

• Do you know any Halloween vocabulary?

can, skeleton, witch, owl, broomstick, ghost, mask, pumpkin, jack-o´-lantern, spider, candle, ghost, monster, vampire, candle, scary, goblin, trick or treat, spirits, bones, skulls.

• What do people do at Halloween?

They dress up in costumes and make noise.

• At Halloween children say „Trick or treat“. What is it?

Trick means practical joke on people. Treat means sweets.

• Do American children have Halloween parties at schools?

Yes/ teachers and children wear costumes and have parties

• Do you know a Halloween song?

Halloween Song – Kiboomu kids songs

Halloween, Halloween Creepy, crawly Halloween Trick or treating all in fun, October 31st has come Halloween, Halloween Spooky, kooky Halloween Kids in costumes, what a sight On Halloween tonight Big black cats Vampire bats Ghosts and goblins out tonight Causing quite a fright Halloween, Halloween Painted faces, what a scene Door to door They trick or treat For something sweet to eat Halloween, Halloween Celebrating Halloween Jack-o’-lanterns all aglow So the ancient stories go

Halloween, Halloween Celtics started Halloween They celebrated harvest time With gifts of food and wine Candles glow Spirits go Bringing luck and fortune too This is what they knew Halloween, Halloween Now they call it Halloween Skulls and bones Create the scene Very scary Halloween Halloween, Halloween Let’s have fun on Halloween Witches fly And children scream Tonight on Halloween Witches fly And children scream Tonight on Halloween!

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