Interesting Facts About Halloween…

Hi friends and neighbors!

Hope your week is going well.  We’re on the cusp of some beautiful weather!!!  A few interesting facts about Halloween that maybe you didn’t know… wait until you read #8!

• Halloween is more than 2,000 years old.
• Some traditions included those of women hoping to find a husband by throwing apple peals over a shoulder hoping to see their husband’s initials in the pattern or the first winner of bobbing for apples would marry first.
• Sugar rationing during World War II put a hold on trick-or-treating.
• Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the United States.
• Jack-o-lanterns originated in Ireland and were once carved out of turnips, potatoes and beets.
• The state of Illinois produces up to five times more pumpkins than any other state!
• Candy Corn candy was originally called “chicken feed” and has been around since the 1800s.
• The Michael Myers mask originated on the original 1978 film from a Halloween mask of William Shatner playing Captain Kirk from Star Trek that was painted white.
• The fastest pumpkin carving took ONLY 16.47 seconds.
• Skittles and M&Ms are the two most popular Halloween candies.
• Harry Houdini passes away on Halloween in 1926.
• There’s a statue of Jason Voorhees (from the movie Friday the 13^th) at the bottom of a lake in Crosby, Minnesota.
• The word witch doesn’t actually have a negative meaning… it comes from the old English wicce meaning “wise woman.” It’s actually a sign of respect.
• The world’s heaviest jack-o-lantern weighs 2,684 pounds.
• The colors orange and black come from orange signaling the harvest of autumn and black as a symbol of darkness reminding people Halloween was once a festival marking the boundaries between life and death.
• Pumpkins are actually classified as fruits… not vegetables.
• Candy wasn’t given out to trick-or-treaters until the 1950s.
• After years of terrible pranking on Halloween night, in 1933 Halloween was dubbed “Black Halloween” caused by the millions of dollars in damage from vandals across the U.S.
• On average, kids who bring home a bag of candy totaling 11,000 calories.
• The first “Halloween” movie was filmed in 21 days.
• The fastest pumpkin carving took only 16.47 seconds!
• Not sure about this one… in Bellville, Missouri you can not ask for candy on Halloween unless you are under the age of 13.
• It’s believed that if a child is born on Halloween, they will be able to talk to ghosts.

Maybe you learned something you didn’t know before…

Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!!!

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Sources

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/a35150/halloween-facts/

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/holidays-celebrations/a36915963/halloween-facts/

https://www.today.com/life/holidays/halloween-facts-rcna35785