【Pumpkin lanterns南瓜灯】
Pumpkins are on salein shops and supermarkets from as early as the beginning of October.By the last week of October you can see pumpkin lanterns everywhere in shop windows and in people's houses.Although British people used to use potatoes and turnips, now they use pumpkins to make Jack-o-lanterns unique to the Halloween season.The name“Jack-o-lantern"comes from an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack who, because of his bad nature, was doomed to roam the earth without a resting place and with only his lit lantern to light the way in the darkness.
【Trick or treating不给糖果就捣乱】
Children love this game! They dress up and then knock on the doors of people's houses in their neighbourhood asking for a ‘trick or treat’.The neighbour gives them chocolates, sweets or money as a ‘treat’.If there is no treat, the children play a trick on the neighbour, for example, they might throw soap at the window.It only happens once a year so even the stingiest adultsmightgive something to the kids as a treat!
【Halloween parties万圣节派对】
Across the UK, people throw parties to celebrate Halloween. The biggest Halloween party has to be in Sheffield at the end of October.A lot of people go there to experience Fright Night. Can you image a party with about 40,000 people?There are activities for people of all ages: fancy dress catwalk, urban dance, a monster in a fountain and a zombie garden, as well as the traditional apple bobbing and a competition for the best pumpkin lantern.