1. In the United States alone, about two billion dollars are spent on Halloween to buy candy. This figure looks pretty intimidating. There are no statistics on spending around the world yet. But, thanks to American data, one can imagine the approximate scale of sweets eaten. By the way, more than 70% of purchased sweets are chocolate.
2. The fastest Halloween lamp carving speed is 3 hours 33 minutes. This record was recorded in 2008. I wonder if in 2019 someone will be able to get around Stephen Clark from Atlantic City?
3. Leading Halloween costume characters: Batman, witches, vampires.
4. October 31 were born: Papanov A.D. (Soviet actor), Permyak E.A. (writer), Charlotte Bonaparte and others. On the eve of Halloween, the famous magician G. Houdini died.
5. Primary colors (black and orange) were chosen for a reason. Black is a symbol of death, and bright orange symbolizes the harvest in the current year.
6. The pumpkin, which entered the history of Halloween, and at the same time the Guinness Book of Records, weighed a little less than 656 kg.
7. Mexico is a country in which Halloween is one of the darkest, creepiest, scariest days. After all, October 31 is not celebrated here, but they really honor the memory of the dead.
8. By the way, the birthplace of Halloween is Ireland, not America, as is commonly believed. Emigrants brought a strange tradition to the American continent, which has become almost national (apparently due to the lack of Americans' own national holidays).
9. And the first lanterns were not pumpkins, but banal white turnips. It's hard to imagine, but it's true. Probably, in those days, Halloween looked and felt much scarier. Still, the orange color brings some optimistic note.
10. The most popular places to celebrate are beer gardens, compact pubs, cozy bars. In large, pompous, artsy establishments, Halloween began to be celebrated quite recently.