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History of Halloween Presentation. Emily Multimedia design 3 rd 10/25/12. How did Halloween get its name?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN PRESENTATION
Emily
Multimedia design
3rd
10/25/12
HOW DID HALLOWEEN GET ITS NAME?
Halloween was originally called All Hallows’ Eve. It means the evening before
All Saints’ Day. “Hallow” is an Old English word for “saint.” This was
shortened to Hallowe’en and then changed to Halloween. Satanists have taken
on Hallowe’en as one of their three main seasonal days of celebration.
Hallowe’en refers to the time from sunset on October 31st, when people used to
start the festivals of All Saints with a night watch, to sunrise on November 1st.
•http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Halloween_get_its_name
• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081107133202AAyO4kC
WHEN DID HALLOWEEN START TO BE CELEBRATED?
The Halloween celebration began during the Middle
Ages, which was about 600 years ago, by the Roman
Catholic church
•http://www.holybible.com/resources/halloween.htm
WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SALEM AND
HALLOWEEN?
There really are no connections. People refer them
to be connected because of the whole idea of witches
with the costumes trick or treaters wear for
Halloween.
SALEMThe Salem witch trials occurred in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1963. Over 200
people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were executed. In the end, the
colony confessed that the trials were a mistake and rewarded those whose families were
convicted. Meanwhile, the stories of the trials has become synonymous with paranoia and
injustice, and it continues to fascinate the popular imagination more than 300 years later.
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html
HALLOWEEN
Halloween is a annual holiday, which occurs on October
31st , the eve of Western Christian feast of All Hallows. This
holiday is observed all over the world. It began 600 years
ago during the Middle Ages by the Roman Catholic Church.
On this holiday, children dress up in costumes and go trick
or treating. Halloween is mostly about festivals.
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING?
I don’t think there is an actual appropriate age to
go trick or treating. Anyone can go weather just for
fun or if they’re just taking their kids. It’s fun for all
ages!
WHY ARE BLACK AND ORANGE THE COLORS
THAT ARE USED TO REPRESENT
HALLOWEEN?
BLACK
Black symbolizes darkness. It also refers to the side of Halloween that
deals with the festival of all the dead, in which it was once assumed to be.
• http://
wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_colors_orange_and_black_become_synonymous_with_Hal
loween
ORANGE
Orange represents harvest time because during that
time everything looks orange in autumn.
• http://
wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_colors_orange_and_black_become
_synonymous_with_Halloween
WHAT DO PUMPKINS HAVE TO DO WITH HALLOWEEN?
People carve pumpkins and put lanterns
inside them which makes the pumpkin become
a Jack O’Lantern. The name “Jack O’Lantern”
comes from the Irish legend about a man
named Stingy Jack.
•http://www.history.com/topics/jack-olantern-history
WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THE LEGEND OF JACK-O -LANTERN AND WHERE DID IT GET ITS
NAME?“According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name,
Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin
that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and
put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his
original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack
for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again
tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack
carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the
Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years. Soon after, Jack died. As the legend
goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack
had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He
sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a
carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. ”
The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack
O'Lantern.“
• http://www.history.com/topics/jack-olantern-history
W H Y C O U L D N ’ T C A RV E D P U M P K I N S B E U S E D F O R H A L LO W E E N I N I R E L A N D I N
T H E 1 4 T H C E N T U RY ?
Pumpkins are resident to America and did not
really get refined in Europe until the 16th century.
•http://seanbanville.com/2011/10/14/100-questions-fo
r-halloween/
W H AT V E G E TA B L E WA S O R I G I NA L LY U S E D F O R JAC K - O - L A N T E R N S ?
Turnips were originally used because they look like skeleton heads. The
heads were considered to contain wisdom and spirit and were stuck to
the door to scare away demons by the Celts. The Irish did it to remember
Stingy Jack who wandered the earth with a turnip lit up.
• http://
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_vegetable_was_originally_used_to_make_a_Jack_o_lantern