• Halloween is celebrated on October 31• It began as a harvest festival

• Later it became a fun holiday for children

• November 1 is All Saints’ Day• October 31 became All Hallows’ Evening– “Hallow” is an old word for “ghost”

• All Hallows’ Evening Hallows’ Even’ Halloween

• What do people in America do on Halloween?

• Put on costumes

• Carve pumpkins…

…into Jack o’ Lanterns

• Go to Haunted Houses

• Go out for Trick or Treat

• Adults sometimes go to parties

• Sometimes they drink too much.

• Everybody has fun!