Halloween Facts 2014

31 st October 2014 HALL WeeN HISTORY AND ORIGIN Our modern celebration of Halloween is the ancient descadent of the ancient Celtic fire festival called Samhain. Halloween has been variously called as All hallows eve, Witches night, Snap apple night, Samhain, Summer's end. It is also known as the Trick-or-treating originates from a a European custom called souling, where people used to beg for soul cakes Feast of the Dead The word Halloween was first attested in the 16th century and represents a Halloweens traditional color Scottish variant of the Orange and black are said to be associated with Halloween due to their relation to harvest (orange) and dead (black) fuller, All Hallows Even (evening), that is the night before pagan holiday for honoring the dead According to the Irish legend, Jack o lanterns was named after a Halloween was a "All Hallows Day" stingy man named Jack, because he tricked the devil several times and was forbidden entrance into both heaven and hell Jack O lantern is of Irish roots, people place candles into the hallowed turnips / pumpkins. This was done to keep away evil spirits at Halloween nights. Halloween means All Hallows Eve and is as old as 2000 years MOST POPULAR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES Princess Pirates Witches Vampires FEW OTHER : Super heroes, Ghosts, Harry potter characters, Aliens, Zombies It is believed that souls of dead are roaming around the homes of their relatives. However not all spirits are friendly so gifts and treats are left to pacify evil spirits Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, occult and mythical monsters The first Jack O lantern was actually made from turnips, not pumpkins Halloween is second largest highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas in western countries SOME RARE FACTS SOME FIGURES 54% OF THE KIDS PREFER TO RECEIVE CHOCOLATE CANDY FOR HALLOWEEN. WHILE 17 MILLION 24% PET OWNER DRESS THEIR PETS IN COSTUMES PREFER NON CHOCOLATE-CANDY ON HALLOWEEN DAY 90% OF THE PARENTS ADMIT TO SNEAKING GOODIES ONLY PEOPLE PREFER CARVING SCARY FACES OUT OF FROM THEIR KIDS'TRICK 24% 30% -OR-TREAT BAG PUMPKINS, REST PREFER L ANDSCAPE, ANIMAL, FUNNY AND SILLY FACES OF THE KIDS SOT THEIR CANDIES FIRST ON REACHING HOME WHILE ONLY CHOCOLATE CANDY BARS 20% TOP THE LIST AS THE MOST POPULAR CANDY FOR FIRST SAVOR IT TRICK-OR-TREAT HALLOWEEN IS ESTIMATED AT $6.9BILLION INDUSTRY AT THE PRESENT TIME 43.9% OF AMERICANS PLAN ON DRESSING IN COSTUMES FOR THE HALLOWEEN DAY Candy blood bags BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST JACK O'LANTERNS LIT AT ONCE. Rat suckers Gummy intestines Eyeball gum Bloody bone candy fun bags POPULAR CREEPY CANDIES Creative Director : Mohit Lakhmani Art Director : Moses Itodo Agada Data Journalist : Jennifer Selvaraj Email : [email protected] Agency : MGL Infographics Mobile : +91 9540705769 MGL Skype : mohit.lahmanil INFOGRAPHIC source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/10/15-facts-about-halloween/ http://visual.ly/interesting-facts-about-halloween-0 http://facts.randomhistory.com/halloween-facts.html http://www.halloween-website.com/trivia.htm