La festa di Halloween viene celebrata il 31 ottobre di ogni anno, ormai in tanti Paesi di tutto il mondo. Ma sappiamo da dove ha originé questa ricorrenza e perché si festeggia? Te lo raccontiamo in questo articolo, alloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints* and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain on the Ast of November. In the USandin the UK, Halloween traditionsare very popular, especially among? kids and teenagers. Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows’ Eve and, can also be written4 ‘Hallowe'en’ ORANGE AND BLACK In October, many shop windows’ in Brit- ainaredecoratedin orangeandblackwith Beight Prenternenae QQ) MIGLOSSARY 1 All Saints: tuttii santi 2 among: tra 3 kids: bambini 4 townite: scrivere pumpkins®, witches, broc blackcats. These colours ha orangeisrelatedtoharvests end of Octoberis the end of the Blackis related to death? SCARY*° FUN Atypical decorative it are pumpkin or turnip as Jack-o'-lanterns. These are pumpkins or large round?3 tu nips with the inside removed and eyes.? Mouth*# and a nose cut? into one side for Hallowee’ lanterns, know"A candle is placed?6 inside the empty*7 vegetable and the light creates a scary face effect. People use pumpkin lanterns todecorate their homes at Halloween. Do Peopleactually*# eattheir pumpkins? Yes, they do! Pumpkin soup*® and pumpkin curryare very popular meals*® at this time of year. DRESSING UP People ofallagesdressup**on Halloween. Themost popularfancy dress costumes** include witches, vampires, ghosts**, OUNCIL shop windows: vetting Pumpkins: zucche broomsticis: marie scopa 8 harvests aceoti death: morte > scary: spaventoso item: oggetto tumip: rapa round: rotonde 14 mouth: bocea tocut:tagiare actually: dawero soup: zuppa (0. meals: pat 1 todress up: ‘mascherarsi fancy dress costumes: costumi witches: streghe ghosts: fantasmi your own il tuo Proprio sheet: lenzuolo ‘to wear: indossare skeletons, zombies and monsters. You can buy a costume from a shop or you canmakeyourown?Sathome.It'seasyto makeaghostcostumefromanald white sheet?® or wear?7 black clothes to look like?® a witch, tolook tke: i sembrare neighbourhood: TRICK OR TREATING vicinato Children dress up and then visitthe hous- sweets: caramelie esin their neighbourhood?9 asking fora trast: premio to play a trick: fare un dispetto unkind: sgarbato 34 luckily fortunatamente rearty: quasi ‘WICROFHERY. The neighbour gives them sweets5°ormoneyasa treat. Ifthereis Notreat, the children playa trick? onthe neighbour. Some people think that play- ing tricksisunkind33 butluckily34thereis nearly3$ always. treat. © [RAS peed LEU Trick or treat; Dolcetto o scherzetto. Questa espressione viene tradotta in italiano in modo letterale, nonostante 'ordine degli elementi sia invertito, mantenendo Valitterazione presente nella frase originale Ricordiamo che un trick @ uno ‘scherzo' (che pud essere pitt o meno pesantel, mentre il sostantivo treat é un ‘premio, che di solito puo essere un dolce o una caramnella. nine 9