With Halloween right around the corner, I thought it’d be fun to share a few ghoulish facts and play a few games regarding this frightful holiday that’s been celebrated for centuries around the world. Everyday until Halloween we’ll learn something new about the holiday and the history of some of the traditions that have been passed down

Today I’ll share some fun facts about Halloween with you:

1.) Orange and black became Halloween colors because Orange is associated with fall harvests and Black is associated with death.

2.) “Trick or Treat!”
36.1 million
The estimated number of potential “trick-or-treaters” in 2005 {5- to 13-year-olds} across the United States, which declined by 284,000 from 2004. Of course, many other children — older than 13 and younger than age 5 — also go trick-or-treating. <http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2005-sa.html>

3.) Jack O’ Lanterns and Pumpkin Pies
1.1 billion pounds
Total production of major pumpkin-producing states in 2005. Illinois led the country by producing 497 million pounds of the viney orange gourd. Pumpkin patches in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania also provided lots of pumpkins: each state produced at least 100 million pounds. The value of all pumpkins produced by major pumpkin-producing states was $106 million. <http://www.usda.gov/nass/>

4.) The very first jack o’ lanterns were made out of hollowed out turnips.

5.) Black cats were originally believed to protect witches’ powers from negative forces.

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