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Halloween

Hi guys❗ Following on the last vocabulary post related to the topic 'Halloween'. This post is about Halloween customs and traditions.

Guys, how many activities related to this celebration do you know❓


In case you can't remember some of them, don't 😟. I'll remind you the most well-known, they are:

Go trick-or-treating /ˌtrɪk.ɔːˈtriː.tɪŋ/
    👧👦 go trick-or-treating on 🎃 📅.   ↔️  👧👦 wearing fancy dress visit 🏡s on 🎃 📅 and ask for 🍬🍭🍫🍪.
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Throw/Attend Halloween fancy-dress party /ˌhæl.əʊˈiːnˌfæn.siˈdres.pɑːr.t̬i/
    👨👩 throw/attend 🎃 📅 fancy-dress parties.   ↔️  👧👦 have/attend parties were they wear fancy dress.

Tell ghost/horror stories /ˈɡəʊstˌstɔː.ri/   /ˈhɒrəˌstɔː.ri/
    👨👩 tell 👻/horror stories on 🎃 📅.   ↔️  👧👦 tell stories about👻 or monsters or murder on 🎃 📅.

Carve a pumpkin into a jack-o'-lanter /ˈpʌmpkɪn/
    👨👩 carve pumkins into jack-o'-lanterns on 🎃 📅.   ↔️  👧👦 make a 💡 from a hollow pumpkin by cutting into the sides of it like the 👁👁 and the 👄 of a 👨/👩  and put a 🕯 inside it to shine throught the holes on 🎃 📅.


Let's practise❗
Do you like Halloween❓  How do you celebrate it❓  Do you have got children or little sisters/brothers/cousins who are going trick-or-treating❓  Did you use to go trick-or-treating when you were 👦 / 👧❓  Which groceries were your favourites❓   Are you attending a Halloween fancy-dress party❓  Which fancy dress / costume / disguise would you like to wear❓  Would you like to tell 👻 / horror stories❓  Which one❓   Have you ever carved pumpkins into 🎃❓

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