HALLOWEEN

PROGRAM

 ALL HALLOWS EVE• Halloween is Celebrated on October 31st

• October 31st became All Hallows Eve, a time where the ghosts of the dead could return to destroy the harvest that was stored for winter

• The holiday traces back to the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain.

• Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns.

• Marking the end of harvest and the beginning of the new year

HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS

Initial reports of mass-produced costumes date to as early as the 1930s. They really took off with the rise of trick-or-treating.

For costumes some people wore masks and other cloaks to avoid being recognized by evil spirits.

Jack-o-lanterns tradition began with folks believing that carving scary faces onto turnips would frighten away evil spirits.

HALLOWEEN POEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IokBKvFiCvM

Addams FamilyThey're creepy and they're kooky,

Mysterious and spooky,They're altogether ooky,

The Addams Family.Their house is a museum.

When people come to see 'emThey really are a screa-um.

The Addams Family.Neat

SweetPetite

So get a witch's shawl on.A broomstick you can crawl on.

We're gonna pay a call onThe Addams Family.

HALLOWEEN SONG FOR CHILDREN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsyEX9iIN-I

Halloween SongHalloween, Halloween

Creepy, crawly Halloween

Trick or treat all in fun,

October 31st has comeHalloween, Halloween

Spooky, kooky Halloween

Kids in costumes, what a sight

On Halloween tonightBig black catsVampire bats

Ghosts and goblins out tonight

Causing quite a frightHalloween, HalloweenPainted faces, what a

sceneDoor to door

Door to doorThey trick or treat

For something sweet to eatHalloween, HalloweenCelebrating Halloween

Jack-o’-lanterns all aglowSo the ancient stories goHalloween, Halloween

Celtics started HalloweenThey celebrated harvest timeWith gifts of food and wine

Candles glowSpirits go

Bringing luck and fortune tooThis is what they knew

Halloween, HalloweenNow they call it Halloween

Skulls and bonesCreate the scene

Very scary HalloweenHalloween, Halloween

Let’s have fun on HalloweenWitches fly

And children screamTonight on Halloween

Witches flyAnd children scream

Tonight on Halloween!Written by Wendy Wiseman

HALLOWEEN SONG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI

HALLOWEEN SONG

This is HalloweenBoys and girls of every age

wouldn't you like to see something strange

Come with us and you will see,this our town of Halloween

This is Halloween, this is Halloween,pumpkins scream in the dead of nightThis is Halloween, everybody make a

scene,

trick or treat till the neighbors come and die of fright

It's our town, everybody scream,in this town of Halloween

I am the one hiding under your bed,

teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

I am the one hiding under your stairs,

fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair

This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween,

Halloween

In this town we call home,everyone hail to the pumpkin

songIn this town, don't we love it now,everybody's waiting for the next

surpriseRound that corner, then,hiding in the trash cans,

something's waiting now to pounce and how you'll..

Scream, this is Halloween,red and black and slimy green,

Aren't you scared?

Well, that's just fine,say it once, say it twice,

take a chance and roll the dice,ride with the moon in the dead of

nightEverybody scream, everybody

scream,in our town or Halloween

I am the clown with the tear-away face,

here in a flash and gone without a trace

I am the who when you call "Who's there?",

I am the wind blowing through your hair

I am the shadow on the moon at night,

filling your dreams to the brim with fright

This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween,

HalloweenTender lumplings everywhere,

life's no fun without a good scare,that's our job but we're not mean

in our town of HalloweenIn this town, don't we love it now,

everyone's waiting for the next surprise

Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back

and scream like a banshee,make you jump out of your skin!

This is Halloween, everybody scream,

won't you please make way for a very special guy

Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch,

everyone hail to the pumpkin king

Now, this is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween,

HalloweenIn this town we call home

everyone hail to the pumpkin song

La la la la la, etc, etc…

The EndThank you!