Halloween

“Boys and girls of every age,

Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see

This, our town of Halloween!”

                    Halloween! As you know, it is today, on 31st October!                                       Have you prepared your Jack-o'-lanterns yet? We hope you have;)

               What do you know about this special day, which is  popular not only    in the USA, but also in Canada, the UK, Poland and so on?                                 

   When was the first Halloween celebrated? If you don't know, get to know it!

The origin of Halloween isn’t certain, but at the beginning it was an ancient celebration dedicated to fertility gods. It was forgotten in the Middle Ages and the first Halloween parade took place on 31st October in Minnesota.                 

The name comes from "All Hallows' Eve".

Halloween traditions of trick-or-treating and jack-o-lanterns were brought to America in the 1840s by Irish escaping the Great Potato Famine.                   On Halloween, Irish peasants begged the rich for food and played jokes on those who refused. To avoid being tricked, the rich handed out cookies, candies, and fruit – a practice that turned into our present day trick-or-treating.

Jack-o-lanterns trace back to an old Irish tale about a man named Stingy, who wandered the world, searching for a resting place. To light his way, Stingy Jack used a burning coal in a hollowed out turnip- hence the name “jack-o- lantern”.

Enjoy this special day, play Trick-or-treat

and

 DON'T FORGET  

 to visit your neighbours this evening!