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Tricking the treats. Happy Halloween!

If you think that you already know everything about Halloween, then you should read this post. An amazing video ,  interesting facts about the Pagan festival and some  tasks to follow...  We wish to thank the British Council for sharing the following teaching resource  TRICK or TREATS? Flying witches, pumpkin lanterns, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started. Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain. Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain (1st November). Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows' Eve, All Hallowtide and can also be written Hallowe’en. Halloween colours are orange and black. Orange is related to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest (the time when fruit and vegetables are collected). Black is related to death. In the UK Halloween traditions are very