Halloween has been called All Hallows Eve, Witches Night, Lamswool, Snap-Apple Night, Samhain, and Summer’s End. Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.

• Trick-or-treating became popular in the US in 1930
• More than 93 percent of children go trick-or-treating
• If you see a spider on this night it could be the spirit of a dead loved one who is watching you
• Dressing up on Halloween comes from the Celts
• Halloween candy sales average 2 billion dollars annually in the United States
• Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas
• The first jack-o’-lanterns were actually made from turnips