As you prepare for trick or treaters, scary costumes and lots of hair raising fun, brush up on your Halloween trivia facts and tibits. Toss a few little known facts out to Halloween party guests. Don’t forget to check out our spooky Halloween greeting cards and Halloween party invitations too.
In the United States, the first citywide celebration was in Anoka Minnesota in 1921.
36 million is the estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2007— children 5 to 13 — across the United States, down 45,000 from 2005. Of course, many other children — older than 13, and younger than 5 — also go trick-or-treating.
More than 93% of children, under the age of 12, will go out trick-or-treating
Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees
Over $1.5 billion is spent on costumes each year and more than $2.5 billion on other Halloween paraphernalia
Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
About 50% of adults dress up for Halloween, while 67% take part in the activities, such as parties, decorating the house and trick-or-treating with their children
86% of Americans decorate their house for Halloween
Over 10% of pet owners dress their pets in Halloween costumes
The first Halloween card was made in the early 1920′s. These days, over 28 million Halloween cards are sent each year. U.S. consumers spend about $50 million on Halloween greetings
Halloween candy sales average about $2 billion annually in the United States and it is the largest candy-purchasing holiday.
90% of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their kids’ Halloween trick-or-treat bags
More than 35 million pounds of candy corn will be produced this year. That equates to nearly 9 billion pieces – enough to circle the moon nearly 4 times if laid end-to-end. (Read more on halloween trivia at www.corsinet.com/braincandy/halloween.html)
Interested in more Halloween Trivia Facts? Take a look at our History of the Jack O’Lantern article.
