What is Halloween? 🎃👻 | All About Halloween Explained for Kids — Transcript

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1. 0:00What is Halloween?
2. 0:02Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of
3. 0:04October each and every year.
4. 0:06It is celebrated in many countries
5. 0:08around the world.
6. 0:10Thousands of years ago, the Celtic
7. 0:12people celebrated a festival called
8. 0:14Samhain. This festival took place at the
9. 0:16end of the summer. This festival later
10. 0:19became known as Halloween.
11. 0:21Before Halloween, people carve out
12. 0:23pumpkins and then carve a face or a
13. 0:25spooky Halloween design into it. A
14. 0:28candle is then put inside. These are
15. 0:30then put outside of their home. These
16. 0:33are called jack-o'-lanterns.
17. 0:35They used to be made from turnips, but
18. 0:37are now usually made from pumpkins. On
19. 0:41Halloween night, people like to dress up
20. 0:43in spooky costumes. People sometimes
21. 0:46decorate their homes and then have
22. 0:48Halloween parties.
23. 0:50This has become a bigger trend in the
24. 0:52past few years as more and more people
25. 0:54enjoy decorating for the spooky season.
26. 0:57Children dress up in costumes and then
27. 1:00travel from house to house and ask trick
28. 1:02or treat. They are often given treats
29. 1:05such as sweets or chocolates.
30. 1:07Traditionally, the costumes used to be
31. 1:09scary costumes such as vampires,
32. 1:11mummies, werewolves, and witches, but
33. 1:14now people dress up in all sorts of
34. 1:16costumes such as their favorite
35. 1:19superheroes.
36. 1:20When going trick or treating, to stay
37. 1:22safe, children must always take an adult
38. 1:25with them. There are also many local
39. 1:27safe alternatives to trick or treating.
40. 1:30These are often children's Halloween
41. 1:32parties or alternative Halloween
42. 1:34parties. At Halloween parties, children
43. 1:37often play a game called apple bobbing.
44. 1:40Apples are put into a tub of water.
45. 1:42Children have to try and catch an apple
46. 1:44with their teeth and they aren't allowed
47. 1:46to use their hands to help them.
48. 1:50We hope you have lots of fun this
49. 1:51Halloween and remember to stay safe.
50. 1:54Thanks for watching.