Презентация для урока английского языка 7-11 классов подготовила учитель иностранного языка Мещерякова А.М.

One of the national festivals of English-speaking countries is Halloween. It takes place on October 31 on Allhallow’s Eve. The pumpkin is a symbol of this festival in which offensive face is cut out.

A lighted candle is put into the pumpkin A lighted candle is put into the pumpkin. It was considered that pumpkin left about the house on All Saints' Day drove off malignant demons.

On this day parties are held and people put on suits of the terrible creatures and monsters from films. Children go from house to house, sing songs and try to get sweeties. Besides that games and fortune- telling are widely spread on Halloween.

At night children and teenagers tell each other horror stories and legends and the most popular legend is about Bloody Mary. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is called three times.

Organization of attractions where visitors are got scared is also an important tradition. On this holiday television broadcasts a lot of horror films and animations. On this day we can show our fantasy and live in the world of dead for a little while. Halloween has been gaining in popularity in Russia recently.

The main symbol of Halloween is jack- o’-lantern which is made of pumpkin and a candle.

Halloween is a very old holiday.

These days, Halloween is a pretty much bright festival with kids wearing costumes and go trick–or–treating. Many of them carve jack–a–lanterns out of pumpkins. Fortune telling and storytelling about ghosts and witches are popular activities as well. Also, the great number of horror movies and video game releases usually fall on this holiday, plus Universal Studios even hold their own Halloween Horror Nights in LA, Orlando and Singapore weeks before actual Halloween to entertain people.