[font=Segoe UI] Happy Halloween to all. Tommorow is going to be another big day at the cemetery. Anyway, let’s all have fun. ;D
[] [font=Segoe UI]Halloween was originally a Celtic holiday celebrated on October 31.
[] [font=Segoe UI]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.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
[] [font=Segoe UI]There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, the color of pumpkin.
[] [font=Segoe UI]According to folklore, the jack-o-lantern got his name from a man named Jack.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Turnips and beets served as the original jack-o-lanterns.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Jack o lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Mexico celebrates ‘The Day of the Dead’ instead of Halloween.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!
[] [font=Segoe UI]Pumpkins originated in Central America. When Europeans arrived in the New World, they found pumpkins plentiful and used in cooking by Native Americans. They took seeds back to Europe where they quickly became popular.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Growing big pumpkins is a big time hobby. Top prize money for the biggest giant pumpkin is as much as $25,000 dollars at fall festivals.
[] [font=Segoe UI]A pumpkin is a berry in the cucurbitaceae family, which also includes melons, cucumbers, squash and gourds. All these plants are native to the Americas.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first. People spend as much as over $2.5 billion during Halloween on candies, costumes, decorations and parties.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers .
[] [font=Segoe UI]It is believed that the Irish began the tradition of Trick or Treating. In preparation for All Hallow’s Eve, Irish townsfolk would visit neighbors and ask for contributions of food for a feast in the town.
[] [font=Segoe UI]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.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Black cats were once believed to be witch’s familiars who protected their powers.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Samhainophobia is an intense fear of Halloween.
[] [font=Segoe UI]Trick-or Treat (the Techy Way): BooPack
