1. Halloween is the second highest earning festival in the USA, after Christmas.
2. The Largest pumpkin was measured in 1993, weighing 836 lb.
3. The Name "Halloween" comes from Hallow's eve, the day before All Saints Day on 1st November.
4. England made 5th November (Guy Fawkes' night) a regular festival so more people would concentrate on that festival rather than Halloween, which was considered a Catholic thing.
5. The Origin of dressing up as monsters comes from Celtic towns. They thought that dressing up would make all the evil spirits inside them would leave.
6. Halloween is believed to have started in 4000 BC.
7. In China Halloween is called Yue Lan, which translates as "Festival of Hungry Ghosts"
8. In France, Australia and many other countries try to die down all Halloween celebrations as it is seen as unwanted American influence.
9. Children a two times as likely to get hit by a car on Halloween more than any other night.
10. Trick or Treating originated in America but the idea of getting sweets originated in England.
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