Halloween

The origin of Halloween A long time ago, the Celtics held a

ceremony in late summer, thank God and the sun for the grace. Then Wizards ignited and used magic to ward off monsters wandering around. Later, the Romans used nuts and apples to celebrate the harvest in October 31st, then the Celtics’ and the Romans October 31st fused into Halloween and continued to the present.

Halloween customs

1.Trick or Treat 不请吃就捣蛋•Trick or treat, •Trick or treat.•Give me something

good to eat.•Trick or treat, •Trick or treat,•Give me something

good to eat.

2.Jack-o-Lantern

Jack-o-Lantern origin• The Jack-o-lantern custom probably

comes from Irish folk. A man named Jack, he was notorious because he likes drinking and tricking. One day he tricked Satan into climbing a tree, then he carved a cross on the trunk, not to let the devil down the tree. Then Jack made a deal with the devil, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise the devil down the tree.

Jack-o-Lantern origin

• After Jack died, he wasn’t let to go into Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied going into Hell because he had tricked the devil. But the devil gave him a single ember to light his way in the dark. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer. Jack was still walking with the lantern looking for a place to stay.

The first step

Cut a melon in the pumpkin's top / bottom surface with a knife in order to reach out and emptied the flesh.

The second step

• Pull out seeds and flesh with a special spoon . Selected where you are ready for carving, scraping the piece of rind to one inch thick.

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The third step

• In the selected place, glue or nail a prepared paper mask.

The fourth step

• Delineate the skin of the pumpkin mask with a small cone or pushpin . Finished, remove paper mask.

The fifth step

• Finally, do some amendments with a small awl point to point. Done!

3.Halloween Games

• In Halloween the most popular game is " bobbing for apples "people let apples floating in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples without hands, who first bite, who is the winner.

4.Halloween ParadePeople dressed in fancy dress parade in the streets,showing their difference and excitement

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