Interesting Facts About Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en, also known as All Hallows' Eve , is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows Day (better known as All Saints Day),
a Catholic holiday commemorating Christian saints and martyrs observed since the early Middle Ages on November 1.

Now Lets Check out a selection of facts about Halloween that will surprise you

• Its Estimated that total Halloween spending reached $8 billion in 2012. That is over $79 per household.

•  Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas.

•  Ireland is believed to be the birthplace of Halloween. It was originally a Celtic Festival called Samhain which celebrated the Harvest.

• The First Jack-o'-lanterns were actually made from turnips.

• Worlds Largest Pumkin weighed 1872 pounds.

•   While Pumkins are typically Orange in Colour, they can also be Green, Red, White and Grey 

•   In Alabama its illegal to dress-up as a priest

• In Hollywood there is a $1000 fine for using Silly String on Halloween

•  Barmbrack used to be a traditional food eaten on Halloween. And it contained various objects baked into it and was used as a sort of fortune-teling game

• The number one candy of Choice is Snikers for Halloween

 

• Have Leftover Candy? Save it! Hard Candy lasts for a year, While Chocolate can last up to two.

• October 30th is National Candy Corn Day.

•  Americans Purchasing over 20 million pounds of Candy Corn each year. 

•  More Candy is Sold on October 28th than any other day of the year.

•  Halloween can give you Diarrhea. Seriously. Consuming too much candy with Fructose and Sorbitol can give you Diarrhea

•   Thousands of people suffer from Samhainophobia which is an irrational fear of Halloween

• Its actually very rare for a full moon to occur on Halloween. Although, its predicted to occur 10/31/2020

• Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween 

•  Vanilla Ice, Willow Smith, Dan Rather were all born on October 31st

• According to legend, if you see a spider on Halloween, it's actually the spirit of a loved one watching over you.

• In the UK white cats are thought to bring bad luck, not like black cats in the US.

• Many Shelters don't allow black cats to be adopted around Halloween for fear that they may be tortured or scarificed.

• Contrary to popular belief, no one has put razor blades or poison in goodies for random trick-or-treaters.

• Finally your Ghost costume isn't authentic unless you poop in it. Seriously, Ghosts are believed to keep the same form they had at death and a side effects of death is involuntary defecation.

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