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British and American festivities,,HALLOWEEN,Jack O’lantern,Halloween is celebrated on 31 October,,Every house has Halloween decoration,bats,Jack O’lanterns,Ghosts,tombs,A cementery,,Blood,Its Origin,Halloween has ancient CELTIC origins. October 31st was the last day of SUMMER,The Celtic priests , called the Druids, practised religious rituals and magic on October , 31st.,The Druids,The Druids made bonfires to scare evil spirits,The Druids,Dressed as ghosts, skeletons and witches so that spirits would not steal their body. They believed that ghosts came out of their tombs on the night of 31st October.,The Romans invaded Britain in 46 AD.,,Romans introduced Christianity,Christian practices REPLACED Celtic practices. Christians called November 1st “All Hallow’s Day”(the day of all saints),So, the evening of October 31st was called ALL HALLOW’S EVE= this became HALLOWEEN,In the 19th century, Irish immigrants took their Halloween customs to America.,TODAY, children take their custumes and masks to school.,. Teenagers have Halloween parties in the school gymnasium.,,Arts & Crafts with pumpkins,Children go from door to door singing “trick or treat”.,,Trick or treat Trick or treat I want something good to eat Trick or Treat Trick or Treat Give me something nice and sweet Give me candy and an apple, too And I won’t play a trick on you!,Halloween Jokes,Why don’t skeleton go to halloween parties? (Because they have no body to dance with) Why do witches fly on brooms? (Because the vacuum cords aren’t long enough),。