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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