Halloween is one of the most attractive holidays which are celebrated by all the ages’ people from kids to adults on October 31st every year. We have provided here some Halloween Fun Facts which you might not know. Enlighten yourself with Halloween trivia and fun facts to get pleasure from the holidays much more.
Halloween Fun Facts
- The celebration dates back some 2,000 years. The Celts were the first to celebrate the event.
- All Hallows Eve is another name for Halloween which was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead.
- The custom of trick or treating comes from the idea that originates from the Celts that they needed to hand out treats to the spirits that supposedly roamed the streets so they would not harm the next years crops.
- The custom of wearing masks during Halloween originates from the Ancient Celts. They would wear these masks in hopes that the ghosts they believe wandered around the countryside on Halloween night would not recognize them as humans.
- Parkin cake, a sticky cake, is the traditional food for bonfire night, along with treacle toffees.
- If your birthday falls on Halloween, you have been born blessed with the gift of communicating with those who have passed away, according to superstition. More information about Halloween fun facts and history.
Fun Facts about Halloween Pumpkins
- About 9,000 years ago, the pumpkin originated in Mexico. It is one of America’s oldest known vegetables. Pumpkins generally weigh from 15-to-30 pounds, although some weigh as much as 200 pounds.
- The weight of the world’s biggest pumpkin has been variously listed as 1,061 lb., 1140 lb., 1385 lb., and 1,502 lb., in Paletine, Illinois.
- Many people think the pumpkin is a vegetable but in actuality it is a squash fruit related to cucumbers, gherkins, and melons. Pumpkins consist of 90% water and if you fill a pumpkin with milk and then bake it, you will have a pudding.
- Mostly pumpkins are orange but they also come in dark green, light green, white, red, gray, blue, and orange-yellow color.
- Pumpkins grow in present-day continental Europe, India, New Zealand, Australia, and Alaska.
- Pumpkins are rich in vitamin A, beta-carotene and potassium, and their seeds provide protein and iron.
Costumes and Candy by the Numbers for Halloween
- In 2006, there were 2,077 costume rental shops across the country.
- Last year each American ate 24.5 pounds of candy on average.
- About 1,170 manufacturers make chocolate and cocoa products, employing 39,457 people and shipping $13.9 billion worth of sweets. The most are located in California and the number two state is Pennsylvania.
- Non-chocolate candies are manufactured by only 473 plants which cost $7.2 billion, providing jobs for 18,733 people in California.
- Twenty-six percent of households include full-size candy (chocolate and non-chocolate) in their Halloween activities.
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