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- Orange and Black are associated with Halloween because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death
- Modern day Halloween borrows traditions from 4 historical festivals, the Roman Feralia, the Roman Pomana, the Celtic festival Samuin, and the Catholic Hallowmass
- Both pumpkin carving and dressing in costume during Halloween were used to ward off unwelcomed spirits during the Celtic festival Samuin
- “Trick or Treat” originally meant that the person asking for the treat would perform some trick for the amusement of the giver
- In North America, about $3 billion dollars is spent on just Halloween costumes each year!
- Halloween candy generates about $2 million dollars every year, with chocolate leading the number one selling candy
- About 35 million children, between the ages of 5 and 13, go trick or treating each year in the U.S.
- 1.1 billion pounds of pumpkins were produced in the United States last year!
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