HALLOWEEN ORIGINS
When is Halloween celebrated?
It is celebrated on the 31st October
What is the name of the most famous candy in the US?
Candy corn
Give us a synonym for All Hallow´s Eve
Halloween
What do you get when you trick or treat in the houses of the USA?
Sweets
What civilization started celebrating Halloween?
The Celts
Tell us a very famous tradition in the United States that is made on Halloween
Clue: decorate
Decorate the front of the houses
What famous phrase should you say when you knock on a door in the United States to get sweets?
Trick or treat
What symbol is used in Mexico to represent Halloween if in the US it is the pumpkin?
A skull
What was the Celts Halloween celebration called?
“Samhain”,
What beliefs do they have in Mexico on Halloween night?
Clue: dead people
The spirits of the death would return to visit the mortal world.
Can you say 3 words about Halloween(halloween vocabulary)
•BAT
•VAMPIRES
•BLOOD
•BOO
•TRICK OR TREAT
•CANDY
•HAUNTED MANSION
•PUMPKING
•SKULL
•SPIDER
•SPIRITS
•SKELETON
•TOMB
•WAND
•WITCH
•COSTUME
•GHOST
•ZOMBIE
•WICKED
Name three most popular costumes from 2018-2019 in the US
Texas: Beauty and the Beast
New York: Ninja
Washington: wolf
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What did the Celts Celts commemorate by celebrating "Samhain"?
The Celts used to make a big ceremony to commemorate the end of the harvest at the end of October.
What typical food is eaten on Halloween in Mexico?
Tamales
What name is used to refer to trick or treat in Mexico?
" A fifth for my skull" or in spanish " Un quinto por mi calavera"
Say the names of three original Halloween movies
•Edward Scissorhands (1990)
•Ghostbusters (1984)
•Hocus Pocus (1993)
•Casper (1995)
•Halloweentown (1998)
•Sleepy Hollow (1999)