Halloween

History about Halloween

• Originally a Celtic harvest festival• “All Hallows Eve” or “The Night Before All-

Saints Day”• The night the souls of the dead returned• People wore masks to confuse the souls• To keep the dead from entering houses,

people put food outside their doors

Typical Halloween Symbols…

Pumpkin/ Jack-o-lantern

Jack-o-Lanterns

Ghosts

Witches

Black Cat

Monsters

Halloween in the U.S.

Halloween Parties

Halloween movies

Haunted Houses

Halloween/ Scary Poems (and stories)

Halloween Food

Gross Halloween Food

Halloween Songs• Michael Jackson, “Thriller”

Trick-or-Treat

The “Trick” Part

Costumes

Costumes

Costumes

Franklin St. in Chapel Hill