Some Halloween Facts

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Halloween Trivia

• Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.

 

• Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.

 

• Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!

 

• 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.

 

• Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.

 

• 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.

 

• Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.

 

• Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.

 

Monster Trivia & Folklore

• Signs of a werewolf are a unibrow, hair palms, tattoos, and a long middle finger.

 

• Vampires are mythical beings who defy death by sucking the blood of humans.

 

• In 1962, the Count Dracula Society was founded.

 

• To this day, there are vampire clubs and societies with people claiming to be real vampires.

 

• There really are so-called vampire bats, but they're not from Transylvania. They live in Central and South America and feed on the blood of cattle, horses and birds.

 

• Many people still believe that gargoyles were created by medieval architects and stone carvers to ward off evil spirits.

 

Creepy Snippets

• If you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved on watching over you.

 

• Worldwide, bats are vital natural enemies of night-flying insects.

 

• The common little brown bat of North America has the longest life span for a mammal it's size, with a life span averaging 32 years.

 

• In about 1 in 4 autopsies, a major disease is discovered that was previously undetected.

 

• 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.

 

Halloween Movie Details

• 'Halloween" was made in only 21 days in 1978 on a very limited budget.

 

• The movie was shot in the Spring and used fake autumn leaves.

 

• The mask used by Michael Meyers in the movie "Halloween" was actually William Shatner's mask painted white.

 

• The character Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis was named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend.

 

• While the setting for the story is in Illinois, the license plates on the vehicles have California plates.

 

• 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.

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