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🎃Halloween🎃
One of the most popular customs associated with masquerade - Halloween, is celebrated in many countries on the evening of October 31 ( most in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain ). The main symbol of the custom is a hollow and backlit pumpkin with jagged teeth. Other popular themes are : ghosts, demons, zombies, vampires, witches, and skulls.
🟠Halloween is both the most popular and profitable holiday after Christmas. Americans spend about $ 6.9 billion on it, most of which goes for sweets ( approx. 272 million kilograms of sweets, which equals six Titanic ! ), costumes and parties. Surprisingly, a large amount of money is spent on pet costumes too.
🟠 The average American eats about 1.6 kilos of candies during Halloween, which is the weight of a chihuahua in a Halloween costume.
🟠 The heaviest pumpkin in the world has grown in a garden in Switzerland. It weighed over 951 kilograms, just like a small car.
🟠 The origin of Halloween is not entirely known. It can be a Roman feast in honor of a fruit and seed deity ( Pamona ) or the Celtic Samhain rite, during which people said goodbye to summer, welcomed winter and the day of the dead was celebrated. The Celts of the time believed that on October 31 the border between the world of the living and the dead was blurred a bit, the dead returned to Earth and wreaked havoc through the living. The only way to scare away evil spirits is to put on costumes and put on masks. The name Halloween is probably abbreviated All Hallows' E'en - that is, earlier ,,All Hallows' Eve''- All Saints' Eve.
🟠 The most popular among sweets on this day is ... Snickers. Further on the list of the most popular sweets are : Reese’s, Kit-Kat and M&Ms. The largest sales of sweets during the year are on October 28.
🟠 It's rare for a full moon to occur during Halloween. The next such event will take place in 2020. Earlier such a situation took place, among others in 1925, 1944, 1955 and 1974.
🟠 Pumpkins are usually orange, but they can also be green, white, red and gray. If we are already with the colors. Do you know why orange and black color is a symbol of Halloween ? Orange marks the end of the autumn harvest and black represents the "death" of summer.
🟠 Samhainophobia is a fear of Halloween. Thousands of people suffer from it ...
🟠The most popular Halloween games include, among others : play - trick or treat. Children walk around with containers for sweets and visit the locals. If someone doesn't want to give a candy, he/she gets a prank from the children instead.
🟠 Apple bobbing - in this game you should bite one of the apples floating in a bowl of water without using your hands. An undamaged apple when playing is supposed to mean happiness in the coming year.
🟠 On Halloween, children and adults dress up as monsters such as : vampires, ghosts and witches. Costumes are also based on TV characters. The first Halloween costumes appeared in 1930.
🟠 Believe it or not, Halloween's birthplace is not a sugar factory. The custom has been celebrated for about six thousand years and, according to beliefs, has its roots in Ireland in 4000 BC.
🟠 During Halloween, children consume about 7,000 calories ( you would have to eat sixty-six bananas to get the same effect ).
🟠 During Halloween curl up your clothes on its left side and walk backwards. According to tradition, this ensures seeing the witch at midnight.
🟠 Pumpkins and Halloween are one, as are sweets and Halloween. Drilling and carving in a pumpkin during Halloween is not only fun, but according to the beliefs, the lantern scares away evil spirits, so don't hesitate and drill as much as you can !
🟠 The trick-or-treat play is only for children. Some cities in the US have gone even further : they have banned children over the age of 12 from playing it. In some places, teenagers who have broken the ban can pay a fine of up to a thousand dollars ( a candy that has seven thousand calories is certainly not worth the punishment ! ).
🟠 Don't be scared if you see the spider on Halloween. According to beliefs, it's the soul of a loved one who watches you from above.
🟠 The correct spelling of the word "Halloween" is "Hallowe’en".
🟠 On this day, witches, in the company of black cats, predicted the future.
🟠 In 1937, the city of Anoka became the world capital of Halloween.
🟠 There is a rule in Ireland that after 1 November wild fruits are not harvested, as they can be poisoned.
🟠 Originally, scary faces were carved not in pumpkin, but in turnips.
🟠 According to ancient superstitions, if that day the bachelor looks in the mirror at midnight, he will see his future wife.
🟠 The word Halloween appeared in the dictionary in 1700.
🟠 Halloween is called All Saints' Eve.
🟠 It's said that poor children went door-to-door asking for money, but rich children also joined the play.
🟠 On this day people jumps over circle of candles. Those that go out symbolize the unlucky months of the next year.
🟠 The main symbol is the glowing pumpkin in which they cut out the grinning face of the legendary Jack O'Lantern - who deceive the devil.
I wish Everybody a Happy Halloween and a lot of candies ! 🎃
