In honour of my favourite holiday EVER, I thought I would share some interesting tidbits about Halloween.
- Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
- Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
- The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
- Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
- Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.
- Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
- Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.
- If you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved on watching over you.
- The Ouija Board ended up outselling the game of Monopoly in its first full year at Salem. Over two million copies of the Ouija Board were shipped.
- The mask used by Michael Meyers in the movie "Halloween" was actually William Shatner's mask painted white.
- Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. Holloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.
- There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, the color of pumpkin.
- Samhainophobia is an intense fear of Halloween.
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