Halloween Facts

Top 10 Halloween Facts

Pumpkins

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The Irish

Halloween is celebrated in different countries worldwide as a symbol of fun and enjoyment and to have a night with ghosts and evil spirits. But there are some people who believe Halloween as a religious ritual and dress in different beautiful costumes and light bonfires to welcome the ghosts. Some Irish people also believe that on Halloween night there is no difference between live and dead and all become equal ghosts and spirits.

Parties

As mentioned earlier that Halloween is an event which started for celebrating their autumn harvest. But it has now evolved to be more than that. Parties are held everywhere where ghost stories are shared; people dance, sing and tell folk stories of fortune and mischief. We can say that Halloween has now become a lot more than bobbing apples or sharing candies only , it indeed has become one of the most popular and memorable party event.

Candy corn

As we all know that candy is a symbol for the happy Halloween stuff so is this candy corn which is harvested and more than 35 Million pounds of candy corn is produced everywhere. People use these candy corns to get candies out of them to enjoy the Halloween night with their friends and families.

Ghosts

There are dozens of Ghosts stories but the stories get their huge strength near and in the Halloween event. Actually many people say that the ghosts and spirits of the dead keep alive and they often come to visit the relatives and friends to keep an eye on them. So it is believed that Ghosts and evil spirits come in the Halloween night to have fun and make people afraid of them.

Costumes

Costumes of Halloween are also the most popular stuff people do on this night. The costumes wore earlier were not so creepy as they are today. People wear bizarre and weird costumes to celebrate their night. The Costumes of today includes costumes of super heroes to villains and to prince and princess. The costumes also come up with the parts of furry animals and other funny looking odd things.

Witches

In old days witches were called some old wise ladies in the town. But native Americans have had a lot of superstitions like Friday 13 and a lot more. These superstitions also gave birth to a new one and they invented this witch to be some kind of superficial and magical woman who spells magic and create trouble for people around. So somehow this concept grew more and more and now we have witches like really frowning creatures over the earth who can hurt badly.

Trick-or-Treat

Trick or Treat is another great thing done at the special event in USA especially. Well the thing is that children mostly go from door to door to ask for money or coins to fill their Halloween baskets. The people will give them items or treats to make their baskets happy. But oh no it’s not so easy… In order to get the coins or a treat the children need to show off a trick, sing a song or dance to make a happy night.

Candy

Candy is the most famous of all of Halloween items and it is said that every third candy sold in United States of America is solely for used in Halloween. Americans and other people all over the world buy candies and gift to their beloved ones and eat themselves and enjoy. Halloween can be known for candy and especially chocolate candies and people have a great craze of chocolates. So you must be surprised to know that how much popular the candy is at the event that the item which is aggressively sold a lot is Candy.