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.

Halloween Trivia Facts

  • 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.