1. Halloween is held on October 31st which is the last day of the Celtic calender.
2. The Halloween practice has evolved from the aged Celts trust that the border between this world and "the Otherworld" becomes thin on All-Hallows-Eve. Habitancy wore costumes to disguise themselves and avoid harm.
3. The day after Halloween is called All Saints Day. Christians dedicate this day to all those saints who don't have a special day of their own.
4. All hallows is other way to say all saints. All-Hallows-Eve means the night before All-Saints Day.
5. The first evidence of the use of the word Halloween comes from Scotland in the early 16th century. It was slang for All-Hallows-Eve.
6. The colours orange and black record Halloween because orange is the colour of pumpkins (and autumn) and black is associated with death.
7. The tradition of carving a jack o' lantern started in the United Kingdom. They were carved on All Hallows Eve and left on the door step to ward off evil spirits.
8. The primary jack o' lanterns were carved from a swede or a turnip.
9. Jack o' lanterns were named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs.
10. Carving gourds into elaborately decorated lanterns dates back thousands of years to Africa. They were intentionally brought to the New World via prehistoric migration through Asia.
11. A record for the most simultaneously lit jack o' lanterns was set on October 21, 2006 when 30,128 jack-o'-lanterns were simultaneously lit on Boston Common.
12. The world's largest jack o' lantern was carved from the world's largest pumpkin (at the time) on October 31, 2005 in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States by Scott Cully. The pumpkin weighed 1,469 lb (666.33 kg),
13. Today the record for the world's largest pumpkin is held by Nick and Kristy Harp whose pumpkin weighed in at 1,725 lbs (782.45 kg).
14. Trick-or-treating is the Halloween practice where children dressed in costume go door to door asking for candy with the question, "trick or treat?" The "trick" is a (usually idle) threat to accomplish mischief on the home-owners or their asset if no treat is given.
15. Many Habitancy believe, trick or treating evolved from the Middle Ages practice of giving freshly baked soul cakes to children who went door to door on All-Hallows-Eve contribution prayers.
16. It was believed that each soul cake eaten represented a soul being freed from purgatory.
17. In Sweden, children dress up as witches and go trick-or-treating on Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter).
18. In Northern Germany, Norway and Southern Denmark children dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating on New Year's Eve in a tradition called"Rummelpott".
19. In Scotland, children are only supposed to receive treats if they accomplish tricks for the households they go to. This ordinarily takes the form of singing a song or reciting a funny poem.
20. For a estimate of years (in the late 19th century and early 20th century) Halloween in the U.S became synonymous with vandalism.
21. In 1912, Boy Scout clubs and other community organisations came together to encourage a safe Halloween celebration. School posters at this time called for a "Sane Halloween".
22. In an attempt to prevent damage to their properties, householders began to offer children treats if they promised not to play "tricks".
23. By the end of the 1930's trick or treating had become widespread.
24. Investigate done by the U.S National Confectioners association in 2005 revealed that 80% of adults and 93% of children went trick or treating on Halloween.
25. The first screen depiction of Trick or Treating was in Disney's cartoon, "Trick or Treating". In this cartoon Huey, Duey and Louie try to trick their Uncle, Donald Duck into giving them candy.
26. In 1964 a New York housewife irritated by Halloween started giving out packages of inedible objects to children whom she believed were too old to be trick-or-treating. The packages contained items such as steel wool, dog biscuits and ant buttons (which were clearly labelled with the word "poison"). Though nobody was injured, she was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to endangering children.
27. In 1970, the New York Times published an record that claimed that "those Halloween goodies that children fetch this weekend on their rounds of 'trick or treating' may bring them more nightmare than happiness". It in case,granted examples of possible tamperings. The examples were speculative but led to a ground swell of fear.
28. By the 1980s, Us and Canadian parents fear that trick or treating children could eat compromised candy reached a peak. In 1985, an Abc News/Washington Post poll that found 60% of parents feared that their children would be injured or killed because of Halloween candy sabotage.
29. Apart from one incident-actually an act of premeditated murder by a trick-or-treater's father-there have been no recorded incidents of malicious and deliberate tampering of candy while Halloween.
30. In 1970, a 5-year-old boy from the Detroit area found and ate heroin his uncle had stashed. The boy died following a four day coma. The house attempted to protect the uncle by claiming the drug had been sprinkled in the child's Halloween candy.
31. In 2008, candy was found with metal shavings and metal blades embedded in it. The candy was Pokemon Valentine's Day lollipops purchased from a Dollar normal store in Polk County, Florida. The candy was determined to have been artificial in China with faulty equipment.
32. In the U.S, Halloween accounts for 25% of the year's candy sales.
33. In the U.S, nearly billion is spent each year on Halloween candy.
34. Candy corn is the most favorite Halloween candy.
35. Candy corn was created by the U.S Wunderlee Candy firm in the 1880's.
36. Snickers bars are the most favorite candy bar sold on Halloween.
37. Snickers bars were created in 1930 by the Mars family. They named it after their house horse.
38. Investigate conducted by the U.S National sell Federation found that in 2005 - 53% of Americans bought a Halloween costume, spending an median of .
39. The first mass produced Halloween costumes appeared in the 1930's in the U.S.
40. Originally Halloween costumes were scary characters like vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils.
41. Today, Halloween costumes are often inspired by science fiction, television, cinema, cartoons and pop culture.
42. According to the U.S National sell Federation the most favorite Halloween costume themes for adults are, in order: witch, pirate, vampire, cat, and clown.
43. In 2009, the most favorite Halloween character for Adults and Children was Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009.
44. In 1966, The Tv series Batman was so popular, a fabric firm issued patterns for costumes.
45. Apple bobbing is a primary Halloween game. The game is played by filling a tub or a large basin with water and putting apples in the water. Because apples are less dense than water, they will float. Players then try to catch one with their teeth.
46. Apple bobbing is becoming less popular, perhaps because more and more Habitancy regard it as unsanitary.
47. Girls who place the apple they bobbed under their pillows are said to dream of their future lover.
48. On 19 February, 2008, New Yorker, Ashrita Furman, bobbed 33 apples in one wee to originate a world record.
49. Agatha Christie's strangeness novel, "Hallowe'en Party" is about a girl who is drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.
50. New York City hosts the United States' largest Halloween celebration, known as The hamlet Halloween Parade. The evening parade attracts over two million spectators and participants.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Fifty Fun Halloween Facts
Fifty Fun Halloween Facts
Fifty Fun Halloween Facts
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