Halloween - 2020

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Halloween

Halloween

• It goes back 2000 years ago
  

Ancient Celtic festival Samhain

• Christians turned it into All Hallows. 
• Halloween is the evening before All Hallows.
• (All Hallows' Eve)
  

Halloween

• Was celebrated on the 1st of November
  
• Reason for celebration: end of Autumn and harvest
  
• Big bonfire 
  

Halloween

• The dead were remembered
  
  
• On the night before Samhain, people believed that the dead returned as ghosts...
  
  
• ... and evil ghosts were among them

Halloween

• People dressed up and disguised themselves to trick the ghosts
  

• A lantern with a candle in it was often used 
  
• Jack-o'-Lantern
  

Halloween

People spent the evening with each other eating, drinking and gathering offerings.

Many traditions are still used nowadays on Halloween...

When is Halloween celebrated?

1. 1st of November
2. 31st of October
3. 2nd of November
4. Every 4th Thursday of October

Where did Halloween originate from?

1. America
2. the Netherlands
3. England
4. Ireland

What is NOT another name for Halloween?

1. Gobbleday
2. All Hallows Eve
3. The feast of the dead
4. Samhain

What do you call a carved Halloween pumpkin?

1. Jane-O'-Lantern
2. Jack-O'-Lantern
3. John-O'-Lamp
4. Jake-O'-Lamp

How much do Americans spend on costumes annually?

1. 1.5 billion US dollar
2. 2.5 billion US dollar
3. 6 billion US dollar
4. 6.5 billion US dollar

According to legend, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what do you think you will see?

1. Bloody Mary
2. The Gobblin King
3. Your true self
4. Your future wife or husband

Which ancient group of people did Halloween originate from about 2000 years ago?

1. Romans
2. Greek
3. Celts
4. Persians

On the night before Samhain, what did people leave on their doorsteps for the returning dead (ghosts)?

1. Sheets
2. Candy
3. Clothing
4. Food and wine

Halloween did not take on a family friendly, kid-centered form until the ______'s

1. 1850s
2. 1920s
3. 1950s
4. 1980s

How much candy do you think the Americans purchase each year for Halloween?

1. 10 million kg
2. 80 million kg
3. 280 million kg
4. 610 million kg

Nowadays it's a holiday with many family-friendly activities such as Trick or Treating.

Remember

To do takes the base form.

Do- does- did- don't - doesn't - didn't in sentence??

Verb in base form = hele werkwoord= basisvorm= hoe je het leert= hoe het in t woordenboek staat!

I saw him yesterday

1. Saw you him yesterday?
2. Did you see him yesterday?
3. Did you saw him yesterday?
4. Did you yesterday see him?

She walks to school

1. Walks she to school?
2. Do she walks to school?
3. Does she walks to school?
4. Does she walk to school?

They took the bus

1. Did they took the bus?
2. Took they the bus?
3. Did they take the bus?
4. Do they took the bus?

She hit the ball

1. Does she hit the ball?
2. Did she hit the ball?
3. Hit she the ball?
4. Hitted she the ball?

Remember

To do

takes 

the base form.