HALLOWEEN

Halloween's origins date back

to the ...........................(1)Celtic festival

of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United

Kingdom, and northern France, ....................(2) their new year on November 1. This

day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark,

cold .................(3), a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts

believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds

of the living and the dead became blurred.

On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that

the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and

damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly .....................(4)

made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the

future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these

prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark

winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people

gathered to burn crops and animals as .....................(5) to the Celtic deities. During

the celebration, the Celts wore .....................(6), typically consisting of animal heads

and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was

over, they relit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that

evening, from the sacred ..................(7) to help protect them during the coming

winter. By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory.
 In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands,

two ....................(8) of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic

celebration of Samhain. The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the

Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day

to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is

the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains

the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween. By the

800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the

seventh .......................(9), Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a

time to honor saints and martyrs.

It is widely .....................(10) today that the pope was attempting to replace the

Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The

celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English

Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of

Samhain, began to be .....................(11) All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween.

Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day

to honor the dead.

It .....................(12) celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and

dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three

celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called

Hallowmas.

1. Complete the text with the words below, but be careful as there are 3 more
words, which you do not need.

sacrifies – festivals –- summer -- was –- believed -- winter --

century -– spirits – ghost -- ancient -– bonfire -– called –- costumes
– said -- celebrated

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 The History of Halloween

Halloween is a ...................(a) in many English

s p e a k i n g c ou n t r i e s t h a t i s c e l e b r a t e d on t h e
night ................(b) October 31st.

Children ..............(c) costumes and they go

t o p e o p l e ' s h o m e s s ay i n g " Tr i c k o r
treat!" to ask for .................(d) and then
the people give it to them. People
sometimes dress up as ghosts,
...................(e) , goblins, and other
.............(f) things for Halloween.

The word Halloween is from Hallowe'en. This is a

contraction of All Hallow's Eve. All Hallow's Eve is
t h e d ay b e f o r e t h e C a t h o l i c h o l i d ay A l l S a i n t s
h o l y d ay. A l l S a i n t s h o l y d ay w a s o n ce c a l l e d A l l
Hallows. This was short for All Hallowed Souls.
Hallowed ...............(g) holy.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( h ) h o l i d ay A l l S a i n t s h o l y d ay w a s
made .................(i) Christian missionaries. It
w a s t h e s a m e d ay a s a Pa g a n h o l i d ay. T h e
missionaries came to areas ................(j) Pa g a n s
l i v e d . T h e y t r i e d t o m a ke t h e Pa g a n s b e l i e v e i n
C h r i s t i a n i t y. S o t h e y m a d e s o m e Pa g a n h o l i d ay s
i n t o C h r i s t i a n h o l i d ay s .
. T h e Pa g a n h o l i d ay t h a t A l l S a i n t s h o l y d ay
r e p l a c e d w a s t h e D ay o f t h e D e a d . M a n y W i c c a n s
a n d m o d e r n Pa g a n s c e l e b r a t e th e D ay o f t h e
D e a d . T h i s i s a h a p p y h o l i d ay ( e v e n th o u g h i t
s ay s ' D e a d ' ) . I t i s t h e d ay th a t t h e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( k )
o f d e a d p e o p l e c o m e b a c k t o E a r t h . S o i n Pa g a n
religions it is not about scary things. It
is ...........(l) b e i n g w i t h ( r e m em b e r i n g ) f a m i l y o r
friends who have died.

2. A) Complete the text with the words below

c a n d y / m e a n s / ab o u t / w i t c h e s / o f / h o l i d a y /
s c a r y / w e a r / w h e re / s o u l s / b y /
2. B ) A n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s b e l o w.

1. W h e n i s H a l l o w e e n c e l e b r a t e d ?
............................................................................
.................................................................

2. W h a t d o t h e c h i l d re n s a y so a s to g e t s w e e t s ?
............................................................................
.................................................................

3. W h a t d o e s t h e w o rd h a l l o w e d
mean?...................................................................
...............................................................

4. W h e re d i d t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s g o a n d
why? ............................................................
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.....

2. C ) True or false

 Halloween is celebrated in October worldwide.

  Children wear costumes at Halloween.
 I n Pa g a n re l i g i o n s H a l l o w e e n i s a h a p p y h o l i d a y.

KEYS
1.

1.ancient 2. celebrated 3. winter 4. spirtis 5. sacrifires 6. costumes 7. bonfire 8. festivals

9. century 10. believed 11. called 12. was

2. A)

a. holiday b. of. c. wear. d . candy e. witches f. scary g. means h. this i. by

j. where k. souls l. about

2. B)

1. Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31st.

2. Children say „Trick or treat!” to ask for candy and then the people give it to them.

3. Hallowed means holy.

4. The missionaries went to areas where Pagans lived to try to make them believe in
Christianity.

2. C)

False True False

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GINGERBREAD JACK-O-LANTERNS

 1/2 cup butter or margarine

 1/2 cup sugar
 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
 1 egg
 1 tablespoon unsulfured molasses
  2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
 Pinch of salt

Royal Icing: 1 egg white,

1 teaspoon lemon juice,
1 to 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

Chocolate chips or candy corn to decorate

Here you can see the recipe but the paragraphs are mixed. Put
them into the correct order.

L. Use a spatula to lift the pumpkins onto lightly greased baking sheets and bake for about

10 minutes. Don't overbake. Cool completely on wire racks before decorating. To decorate

the pumpkins, set aside 1/3 cup of the royal icing and color it green. Color the remaining

icing orange by blending in red and yellow food coloring. (Start with 5 drops of red and 6

drops of yellow and add more coloring as desired to make the color more intense.) Spread

orange frosting over the pumpkin, avoiding the stem. Allow to set, then use a toothpick to

dab green frosting on the stem.

F. Spoon the melted chocolate into a zipper-lock bag. Seal the bag, pressing out any air. Use

a toothpick to make a very tiny hole in one corner of the bag to release a thin stream of

chocolate. Pipe eyes and noses and jagged grins as desired. Allow the chocolate to set before

stacking the cookies.

X. Beat together the shortening, sugars and the egg until fluffy. Stir in the molasses. Sift

together the flour, spices, baking soda and salt, and blend into the sugar mixture. Wrap the
dough in plastic wrap and chill for 3-4 hours. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 325

degrees F. This is a tender dough, so work quickly to roll the dough 1/4-inch thick on a

lightly floured surface and cut out pumpkin shapes using a pumpkin cookie cutter, or

freehand using a small knife. If you're cutting your pumpkins freehand, don't make the stem

too thin or it will break off after baking.

S. You can press on candy corn or chocolate chips to make a face on each pumpkin, or you

can pipe a face on with melted chocolate using the following method. Melt 1/2 cup of

chocolate chips in the microwave in a heatproof bowl for 1 minutes. The chips may look

unmelted, but stir them with a spoon to see if they have actually softened before putting

them in for another minute, if necessary.

Here you can read how to make the royal icing.

Royal icing : With beaters or a standing mixer, whip the egg white and lemon
juice until frothy. At medium speed, beat in the confectioners' sugar, a little at a

time, until the mixture is thick but still liquid enough to beat. Then beat on high

until the mixture is thick and glossy, about 3 minutes. Cover the surface with

plastic wrap while waiting to use it. Royal icing will set to a firm, glossy finish

when applied to a cookie. The icing can be stored, tightly covered, in the

refrigerator for up to a week.

KEY : X L S F

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MERINGUE BONES
Here you can watch the video about it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7usaxtthLr4
Do you want to surprise your friends with a unique Halloween treat? Why don’t you try these

delicious – and easy to make – meringue bones? I’m sure you’ll impress them with this treat!

You’ll need:3 egg whites, 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar, a pinch of salt, 2/3 cup granulated sugar, 1
tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat the ...........(1) to 225 degrees F (105 degrees C). Line two cookie sheets with
parchment paper.

2. In a mixing .............(2) , with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites with
the ............(3) of tartar and salt until foamy. Gradually add the sugar, beating well. Continue
beating until the meringue stands up in a glossy, firm peak when you lift the beaters out of the
bowl. Then ......... ..(4) in the vanilla.

3. Spoon the meringue ..................(5) a pastry decorating bag with a plain round tip
approximately 3/8-inch (1 cm) wide. Pipe 3-inch (7.5 cm) bone shapes — one long line with two
rounded blobs on each end. Pipe all the meringue at once because it cannot be baked in batches
and they will deflate if it sits too long.

4. Place the cookie sheets in the preheated oven and ...............(6) for 1 hour. Without
opening the oven door, turn the heat off and let the meringues remain in the oven for 1 more
hour to dry and crisp.

5. Remove from cookie sheets ..............(7) or you will end up with a bunch of broken
bones!

6. Serve a top a plateful of crushed ............ (8) cookies to make it look as if they are lying in dirt.

Complete the text with the words below.

beat – chocolate –oven – bake –cream – into – bowl – carefully

key

1, oven 2. bowl 3. cream 4. beat 5. into 6. bake 7. carefully 8. chocolate

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GHOST IN THE G R AV E YA R D
 Read the recipe and put the paragraphs into the correct order

Preparation time: 15 min

Total Time: 1 hr 15 min
Makes: 18 servings, about 1/2 cup each

Ingredients:
- 15 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, crushed
- 3 cups cold mil
- 2 pkg (4-serving size each) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding and
Pie Filling
- 1 tub (12 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
- assorted decorations: 3 CAMEO Sandwich Cookies, decorating gel, 5
candy pumpkins, 10 pieces of candy corn

A INSERT decorated cookies into top of dessert just before serving. Add
candies. Drop large spoonfuls of the remaining whipped topping onto
dessert to resemble ghosts. Cover and store leftover dessert in
refrigerator.

F REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour. Meanwhile, decorate creme sandwich

cookies with decorating gel to resemble tombstones. Set aside until ready to
use.

S. POUR milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire
whisk 2 min. or until well blended. Let stand 5 min. Gently stir in 3 cups of
the whipped topping and half of the cookie crumbs. Spread evenly into
13x9-inch baking dish; sprinkle with the remaining cookie crumbs.

KEY: S F A
H A L LO W E E N for kids
Complete the words

P_MP_I _

J _ C _ - O- L _ N T _ R _

B_TS

M_MM _
 SK_L_T_N

SP_D_R

W_T_H

H_U_NT_D H_U_S_

B_O_M

S_ O_K_ T_E_
 G_OS_

C_N_I_S

B_A_K C_T

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Look at the picture and answers the questions
below.

How many bats are there?

How many bats can you see?

What colour are the bats?

What are they doing?/

Are you afraid of bats?

Are they birds? Can they fly?

Can they walk? Can they eat ?
Can they see ?
 What colour is it?
How many eyes has it got?
What body parts has it got?
Has it got any mouth?
Has it got any eyes?
Has it got any nose?

What colour is it?

How many legs has it got?
Are you afraid of spiders?

What are these?

How many candies are there?
Do you like candies ?
What kind of candies do you like?

What are these?

How many ghosts are there?
Do you belive in ghosts?

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Draw a jack – o – lantern and colour it 