HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HALLOWEEN?Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints.

When and where is it celebrated? 
Is celebrated on October 31. The main places that celebrate Halloween are the UK, Ireland, Canada and the United States.

Why is it celebrated on the 31st October?
Because is the day of All Saints.

Is it a religious celebration?
What does the word 'Halloween' mean?
Name 2 typical games.
When did it become a dangerous celebration?Why?
How do people celebrate it today?

STARRING:
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Johnny Depp Christina Ricci Miranda Richardson Michael Gambon Casper Van Dien Jeffrey Jones Christopher Lee

CHARACTERS:

• Ichabod Crane
• Katrina Van Tassel
• Lady Van Tassel/Crone Sister
• Baltus Van Tassel
• Brom Van Brunt
• Reverend Steenwyck
• Magistrate Samuel Philipse
• Dr. Thomas Lancaster
• Notary James Hardenbrook
• Young Masbath, whose father was a victim of the Horseman
• The Hessian/Headless Horseman
• Beth Killian, the Midwife
• Killian, Beth's husband
• Burgomaster
• the High Constable
• Peter Van Garrett
• Lady Crane, Ichabod's mother
• Lord Crane, Ichabod's father

PLOT: 

Ichabod Crane is a 24-year-old New York City police officer in 1799. Facing imprisonment for going against traditional methods and favoring forensic investigation techniques such as finger-printing and autopsies not considered to be orthodox at that time and considered unimportant, Ichabod submits to deployment with his bag of tools to the Westchester County hamlet of Sleppy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims have been found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett, wealthy farmer and landowner; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship. Arriving in Sleepy Hollow, Crane is informed by the town's elders that the killer is not of flesh and blood, but rather an undead headless Hessian mercenary from the American Revolutionary Warwho rides at night on a massive black steed in search of his missing head.

VICTIMS:

1. John Van Garrett

2. Dink Van Garrett

3. Widow Winship

4. Father Masbeth

5. Baltus Van Tessel

6. Magistrate Philips

7. Reverend Steenwick

8. Notary Handenbrook

9. Doctor Lancaster