🎃 Halloween Time! Learn, Play and Have Fun! 👻
🕯️ What is Halloween?
Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st. It comes from an old Celtic festival called Samhain, when people believed that ghosts could visit the world of the living. Later, it mixed with Christian traditions and became “All Hallows’ Eve”, which means the night before All Saints’ Day — that’s why we call it Halloween!
🕸️ Halloween Vocabulary
Let’s learn some spooky words! 👀
| English | Spanish | Emoji |
|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin | Calabaza 🎃 | 🎃 |
| Ghost | Fantasma 👻 | 👻 |
| Witch | Bruja 🧙♀️ | 🧙♀️ |
| Skeleton | Esqueleto 💀 | 💀 |
| Bat | Murciélago 🦇 | 🦇 |
| Spider | Araña 🕷️ | 🕷️ |
| Candy | Caramelos 🍬 | 🍬 |
| Costume | Disfraz 🧛 | 🧛 |
| Haunted house | Casa encantada 🏚️ | 🏚️ |
| Trick or treat | Truco o trato 🍭 | 🍭 |
🧛 Fun Facts about Halloween
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The first Jack-o’-lanterns were made from turnips, not pumpkins! 🥔
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In Ireland, people light bonfires to celebrate Halloween night.
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The word “witch” comes from the Old English wicce, meaning “wise woman.”
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Americans buy over 250 million pumpkins every Halloween! 🎃
🎶 Bonus: Halloween Song 🎵 “
💬 Who is in the Pumpkin? Halloween story
Learn, laugh and enjoy this spooky story in English! 👻🎃
And to finish, a fun practice about Halloween! First a worksheet and then a game: