10 Things You Might Not Know About Halloween
Posted in Blog on October 31st, 2014.
School Training Solutions would like to wish everyone a fun and safe Halloween. Remember to drive carefully, as children are more than twice as likely to be killed in a pedestrian/car accident on Halloween than on any other night.
In recognition of this holiday, we have provided these 10 interesting facts about Halloween.
| 1. | Jack O’Lanterns were first made from turnips. |  |
| 2. | In 1905, sticky molasses taffy and hot green pickles were the recommended Halloween treats. | |
| 3. | Americans spend approximately $6 billion on Halloween each year, making it the second highest grossing commercial holiday (after Christmas). | |
| 4. | Versions of trick-or-treating date back to medieval times; however, the holiday died out in America during WWII when sugar was rationed. | |
| 5. | After WWII, Peanuts comic strip, children’s magazine Jack and Jill, and the radio program The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, helped to make trick-or-treating popular again. | |
| 6. | Snickers is the most popular Halloween candy. | |
| 7. | On Halloween in Hollywood, you can be fined $1,000 if you use or sell Silly String. | |
| 8. | Candy Corn originally had no association with Halloween or fall and was called “chicken feed.” | |
| 9. | A few towns with Halloween-themed names include: Frankenstein, MO; Scary, WV; Spook City, CO; Candy Town, OH; Mummy Pass, CO; Pumpkin Center, CA; and Ghost Cove, FL. | |
| 10. | In the movie, Halloween, a William Shatner Star Trek mask was used for the main character, Michael Myers, because the movie had a very limited budget, and it was the cheapest mask they could find. |
