British English Holidays Halloween

hi everyone i’m gina the month of
october contains the spookiest day of

the year as the 31st as halloween a day
of hauntings and fun in this lesson

you’re going to learn about Halloween
celebrations in the UK

what are the origins of the name
Halloween do you know why the day is

called that will show you the answer at
the end of this video the origins of

Halloween are not completely clear some
scholars think that it can be traced

back to the Celtic harvest festivals
such as Samhain being converted to a

festival for Christians to enjoy whereas
others believe that Halloween is purely

an original Christian festival Halloween
is now seen as a fun event for both

adults and children people of all ages
will dress in fancy dress for parties

and some workplaces such as stores and
officers will encourage their employees

to enter into the spirit of the day and
allow them to dress up to costumes tend

to be scary characters such as witches
or vampires but can be anything for

children Halloween is about dressing up
and eating sweets children will wear

costumes and go to the houses in a
neighborhood where they will knock on

the neighbors doors and say Trick or
Treat the householder might then give

the children a treat of some sweets not
everybody likes the trick-or-treat

tradition however as some houses will
display prohibition signs saying no

trick-or-treaters

our girl children generally don’t play
tricks anymore when not given sweets

common tricks used to include throwing
eggs at windows and toilet paper at

trees thankfully children aren’t as
mischievous and are better supervised

now and now I’ll give you the answer to
the earlier quiz what are the origins of

the name Halloween do you know why the
day is called that the first of November

is All Hallows day so the 31st of
October is All Hallows Eve the name has

been contracted to Halloween how was
this lesson did you learn something

interesting do you celebrate Halloween
or have any similar days in your country

leave us a comment at English class 101
calm and we’ll see you in the next

lesson

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