Halloween
is celebrated on October 31 st. The word comes from All Hallows Eve shorten to
Halloween. All
Hallows Eve means Holy evening. It is celebrated the night before All Hallows
or All Saints Day on Nov. 1,st religious Festivity. According to tradition this festivity came from the Celtics, who celebrated their New Year on November 1st. they honored the dead on that day and believed that witches, ghosts, goblins,
and elves roamed the Earth on that night. Celtics made big bonfires to scare
them away.
From Europe to America the tradition turns into:
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Halloween
costumes and masks are worn.
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Halloween
decorations are put on doors and windows.
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Scarecrows
appear on porches with harvest decorations.
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Halloween
parties are given and scary stories are told.
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Playing
tricks, ringing doorbells and saying trick-or-treat to receive goodies.
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Carve a pumpkin and place a candle inside
them. When the candles are lit, the pumpkins glow. Sometimes they are called
Jack-0'lanterns. This word came from an old fable about a man named Jack, who
was mean and stingy. When he died, he could not get into heaven. There was not
place he could go. So he carved a turnip, placed a piece of hot, glowing coal
in it, and roamed about at night. People called him Jack of the Lantern.
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In
some places, there are Halloween costume parades contents or Character Book Parades.
Source extracted from Halloween by Gail Gibbons And Halloween Alternatives by Anne Joan Flanagan.
Book Suggestions for Character Book Parade
By Author Maritza M. Mejia
By Author Maritza M. Mejia
1. Select a book
2. Find a character
3. Create custom with recycle items.
4. Get ready for the parade.
5. Bring book to the parade.
6. No prizes are necessary. Have fun!
SOME IDEAS!
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| Mrs. M. on Vanilla and Chocolate |
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| Grandma on Grandma's Treasure |
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| Second Grader's Class OR CELEBRATE WITH A DRESSY VOCABULARY DAY: Students create a costume for a word of the week. |
How do you celebrate it?...
Maritza Martínez Mejía
Madre, Educadora, Autor Bilingüe, Promotora cultural y Traductora
Miembro de la ANLMI, Florida Writers Association Y South Florida Writers Association
Actividades GRATIS de lectura y escritura en Website:
Ganadora del “Crystal Apple” 2006, “VCB Poetry” 2015, “Latino Book Awards” 2016, “Author’s Talk Book Show” 2017. SOMOS Foundation -Poetry 2018
Cinco libros publicados y artículos en revistas digitales.
