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Halloween is a very old holiday with many influences from many cultures, from the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian.

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2 Halloween is a very old holiday with many influences from many cultures, from the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.All Souls Days. Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts. The Celts worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favourite.

3 The Celts celebrated their New Year on November 1st and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold." When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their fires to each family to start new cooking fires to keep the homes warm and free from evil spirits.evil spirits. The November 1st festival was called Samhain (pronounced "sow-en"). The festival would last for 3 days. Many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festival would become the first Halloween.

4 Today we will interview a really DRUID about the ancient tradiction of HALLOWEEN. WE: Good morning Mr. …ehm excuse me, what’s your name? DRUID: My name is Paul White and I’m a real celtic druid. We: Well, Mr.White …tell us something about the night of the 31 st October. DRUID: The night of the 31 st of October we go to the wood and set on fire a holy tree to send away a holy spirits.

5 We: Why is the night of the 31 st of October important to you? DRUID: The night of the 31 st of October is important because it’s the end of the season of the sun and the beginning of the season of darkness and cold. We: What do you do the next day? DRUID: We go back to our village and give an ardent brand to every family. ardent brand We: Oh, it’s really interesting but now is very late!!Goodbye Mr.White and thank you for this memorable interview to a real druid.

6 My name is Kane Zombie. I’m 265 years old. I “rest in peace” in a cemetery in Liverpool but i’m not calm i’m very spiteful and my favourite night is Halloween. On this night i like frighten little children and their mums.nightfrighten My best friend are Mistery Mummy and Terry Licantrop. They are dreadful as me and very Appalling.dreadful Appalling.

7 1 -To make a ghost costume take an old white sheet and cut out holes for your eyes. Then make the ghost’s nose! cut out 2-To make an easy Halloween costume use a black bin bag. You can cut wings to make a bat or a vampire. 3-To make a witch’s hat cut out a circle from a black card and make a cone: it will be your hat. Stick some gold stars or moons on to it.

8 All' souls day = giorno dei morti Evil spirits = spiriti maligni Ardent brand = tizzone ardente To cut = tagliare Spiteful = dispettoso To frighten = spaventare Dreadful= terribile appalling = terrificante

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