1. Halloween

2. Contents The Origin of Halloween The Traditions : Food &Costume Jack-o'-lantern Trick or Treat Competiton & Punishment

3. Why Do We Celebrate Halloween ? Halloween is always celebrated on 31 October. It is one of the oldest celebrations in the world, dating back over 2000 years to the time of the Celts who lived in Britain.

4. Trick-or-treat, Ghost tours, Costume parties, Visiting haunted attractions, Carving Jack-o'- lanterns and so on

5. Tradition Food & Costume Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Costumes are also based on themes other than traditional horror, such as those of characters from television shows, movies and other pop culture icons.

6. FOODS Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, candy apples are a common Halloween treat made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup ( 糖浆 ; 糖汁 ), and sometimes rolling them in nuts. Candy apples were commonly given to children. candy apple 在 … 之后，紧跟着 粘性的 ; 粘的 太妃糖苹果 Did You Know...

8. Trick or Treat Trick-or-treat is for children on or around Halloween in which they proceed from house to house in costumes, asking for treats such as confectionery( 甜食, 糖果糕点 ) with the question, "Trick or treat?" The "trick" part of "trick or treat" is an idle threat to play a trick on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. 无意义的, 漫无目的的

9. Jack-o'-lantern

10. A jack-o'-lantern (sometimes also spelled Jack O'Lantern) is typically a carved pumpkin.

11. The origin of Jack-o’-Lantern The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folk （ 传说 ）. A man named Jack, he was notorious （ 臭名昭著 ） because he likes drinking and tricking （ 骗人 ）. One day he tricked Satan into climbing a tree, then he carved a cross on the trunk, not to let the devil （ 魔鬼 ） down the tree. Then Jack made a deal with the devil, if he would never tempt （ 诱惑 ） him again, he would promise the devil down the tree.

12. The origin of Jack-o’-Lantern After Jack died, he wasn’t let to go into Heaven because of his evil （ 罪恶 ） ways, but he was also denied going into Hell （ 地狱 ） because he had tricked the devil. But the devil gave him a single ember （ 燃烧未尽的煤块 ） to light his way in the dark. The ember was placed inside a hollowed- out （ 挖空的 ） turnip （ 萝卜 ） to keep it glowing （ 发光 ） longer. Jack was still walking with the lantern looking for a place to stay.

13. How to make a Jack-o'-lantern STEP ONE: Cut off the top of the pumpkin. STEP TWO: Scoop out the inside of the pumpkin. STEP THREE: Carve the pumpkin with knife STEP FOUR: Put an candle in the pumpkin 用铲 [ 勺 ] 等挖 ( 洞等 )

14. Halloween Games – Bobbing for Apples You can't have a Halloween party without playing this classic game! It's easy --- all you have to do is float apples in a large tub filled with warm water. The object of the game is to grab an apple in your mouth without using your hands. The tradition of bobbing for apples came from the celebration of Roman festivals. There was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple. This Roman festival was incorporated ( 把 … 合并, 使并入 ) into the Celtic ( 凯 尔特人 ) celebration of Samhain when Rome invaded the Celts. Bobbing for apples that is practiced today on Halloween comes from these ancient practices. ( 游戏中 ) 试咬住悬挂 ( 或飘动 ) 的目的物 ( 如水果等 ) 萨温节, 象征新一年的开始于 (11 月 1 日 )

15. Halloween Color: -- death, night, witches, black cats, bats -- pumpkins, jack o' lanterns, Autumn -- night, the supernatural, mysticism( 神秘, 神秘学 ) -- goblins( 小妖精 ), monsters Did You Know... -- blood, evil Black Orange Purple Green Red

16. Thank you for your attention and Happy Halloween!!