Halloween
About this event
Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31, bringing communities together for costume parties, haunted attractions, pumpkin carving, and trick-or-treating adventures under the autumn moon.
Interesting facts about Halloween
Halloween originates from the ancient Celtic pagan harvest festival of Samhain over 2,000 years ago.
Irish immigrants originally carved scary faces into turnips and beets before discovering American pumpkins were much easier to carve.
The fear of Halloween is a clinically recognized phobia called Samhainophobia.
Illinois produces over 500 million pounds of pumpkins annually, making it the pumpkin capital of the United States.
The colors orange and black symbolize the autumn harvest and the darkness of coming winter, respectively.
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