A PPT about Holloween

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施佳瑱 王倩
樊晓杰 肖莉

2. The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare
Before Christmas

3. The Origin of
Halloween
Jack-o-lantern
Treat or Trick
Various Costumes

4. Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the
Celtic calendar.
It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the
dead.
Halloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and
dates back to over 2000 years ago.

5. • Halloween culture can be traced back to the Druids( 德鲁伊
教 ), a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe.
Roots lay in the feast of Samhain, which was annually on
October 31st to honor the dead.
• Samhain signifies "summers end" or November.
• The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streets
and villages at night.

6. • One story about Jack, an
Irishman, who was not
allowed into Heaven
because he was stingywith
his money. So he was sent
to hell. But down there he
played tricks on the Devil
(Satan), so he was kicked
out of Hell and made to
walk the earth forever
carrying a lantern.

7. • The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the
lantern" or "Jack of the lantern," abbreviated as "
Jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

9. • is a customary
celebration for children
on Halloween. The
word "trick" refers to a
"threat" to perform
mischief on the
homeowners or their
property if no treat is
given.In this custom the
child performs some
sort of trick.

10. • the Middle Ages
• North America in the
19th century
• the term "trick or treat"
appears in 1927
• postcards produced
between the turn of the
20th century and the
1920s

11. Two revelers dressed in
financial themed costumes
marches in the annual
Greenwich Village
Halloween Parade in New
York, October31, 2008.

12. Revelers march in the annual
Greenwich Village Halloween
Parade in New York,
October 31, 2008.

13. Martha Stewart (L), dressed as
Medusa, and actress Blake
Lively, dressed as Cleopatra,
prepare pumpkin-shaped
chocolate marble cake during a
special Halloween edition of
'The Martha Stewart Show'
telecast on October 31, 2008.
A contestant who is participating
as a Mummy poses before the
start of a Halloween costume
contest inside an amusement park
in Manila October 31.

14. A boy dressed in Halloween costume
plays with a phone before a contest during
a trick or treat event in a mall in Quezon
City, Metro Manila October 26, 2008.
Participants dress up in costume at
the West Hollywood Halloween
Costume Carnival in West Hollywood,
California on October 31, 2008.

15. U.S. Democratic presidential
nominee Senator Barack
Obama (D-IL) steps off his
campaign plane carrying a
Halloween pumpkin, at
Chicago Midway Airport,
October 31, 2008.