British English Holidays - Halloween
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hi everyone i'm gina the month of
october contains the spookiest day of
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the year as the 31st as halloween a day
of hauntings and fun in this lesson
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you're going to learn about Halloween
celebrations in the UK
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what are the origins of the name
Halloween do you know why the day is
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called that will show you the answer at
the end of this video the origins of
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Halloween are not completely clear some
scholars think that it can be traced
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back to the Celtic harvest festivals
such as Samhain being converted to a
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festival for Christians to enjoy whereas
others believe that Halloween is purely
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an original Christian festival Halloween
is now seen as a fun event for both
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adults and children people of all ages
will dress in fancy dress for parties
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and some workplaces such as stores and
officers will encourage their employees
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to enter into the spirit of the day and
allow them to dress up to costumes tend
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to be scary characters such as witches
or vampires but can be anything for
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children Halloween is about dressing up
and eating sweets children will wear
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costumes and go to the houses in a
neighborhood where they will knock on
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the neighbors doors and say Trick or
Treat the householder might then give
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the children a treat of some sweets not
everybody likes the trick-or-treat
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tradition however as some houses will
display prohibition signs saying no
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trick-or-treaters
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our girl children generally don't play
tricks anymore when not given sweets
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common tricks used to include throwing
eggs at windows and toilet paper at
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trees thankfully children aren't as
mischievous and are better supervised
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now and now I'll give you the answer to
the earlier quiz what are the origins of
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the name Halloween do you know why the
day is called that the first of November
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is All Hallows day so the 31st of
October is All Hallows Eve the name has
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been contracted to Halloween how was
this lesson did you learn something
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interesting do you celebrate Halloween
or have any similar days in your country
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leave us a comment at English class 101
calm and we'll see you in the next
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lesson
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