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Fall recipes: Make your own Pumpkin Spice Latte Posted by on Oct 29, 2021

Hello, everyone! The weekend is coming up, have you made any plans? Either way, many people enjoy spending their free time trying out new recipes in the kitchen. The fall season is specially inviting for culinary adventures, with the weather cooling down and the colors outside being so inspiring. And one cannot think about the…

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A Halloween Lesson for ESL Learners Posted by on Oct 24, 2017

Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st. Many people in countries all over the world celebrate this holiday. Let’s learn some more about this spooky holiday in a Halloween lesson for ESL learners. There’s a reading activity, vocabulary, practice questions, and a video to follow along with. Reading Costumes Many people like to wear…

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A “thrilling” Halloween Posted by on Oct 27, 2015

It is almost Halloween, so let’s look at something scary to get us in the mood. Do you remember Michael Jackson’s famous song and music video Thriller? If you don’t know this early 1980’s hit song – here is your chance to learn all about it. Beware though, this music video has some scary scenes…

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Halloween Costumes Posted by on Oct 31, 2012

Happy Halloween everyone! Dressing up in costumes and going around to from house-to-house asking for treats or playing tricks on people on Halloween was common in Ireland and Scotland as early as the 1800s.  This tradition became popular in the United States in the early 1900s and by 1930 the first mass-produced* Halloween costumes were…

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Pumpkin carving time! (Video) Posted by on Oct 30, 2012

It is the day before Halloween!  This makes today the perfect day to carve* a pumpkin into a jack o’ lanterns (also written jack-o’-lantern).  Here is a video about how to do this.  Remember a jack o’ lantern is just a special name for a carved pumpkin.  Enjoy! *to carve = to cut with a…

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Halloween decorations: A tissue paper ghost (Video) Posted by on Oct 29, 2012

What is Halloween? Posted by on Oct 28, 2012

This coming Wednesday is the holiday of Halloween.  This is a holiday of Western-European origin and American fame, now spread around the world thanks to globalization and commercialism. I bet you have heard of this holiday, but I wonder if you know its origin.  Today I am going to write some about the origin…

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