INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMES All Hallows Eve Samhain All Hallowtide The Feast of the Dead All Saints Eve El Día de los Muertos THE TRADITION OF WEARING MASKS ON HALLOWEEN COMES FROM WELSH AND CELTIC TRADITIONS THAT CLAIM THE DEAD VISIT THE LIVING ON OCTOBER 31ST THE MASKS ARE INTENDED TO KEEP THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD FROM RECOGNIZING THE LIVING THE TRADITION OF ADDING PRANKS INTO THE HALLOWEEN MIX STARTED TO TURN UGLY IN THE 1930'S AND A MOVEMENT BEGAN TO SUBSTITUTE PRACTICAL JOKES FOR KIDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR COLLECTING CANDY JACK O'LANTERNS ORIGINATED IN IRELAND AS HOLLOWED OUT TURNIPS WITH CANDLES PLACED IN THEM TO KEEP AWAY EVIL GHOSTS AND SPIRITS ON THE SAMHAIN HOLIDAY ABOUT 99% OF ALL PUMPKINS SOLD ARE USED AS JACK O'LANTERNS FOR HALLOWEEN AS FOR CATS BLACK CATS get a bad rap on Halloween because they were once believed to be witchs' subordinates who protected their master's dark powers WHITE CATS In England, it's just the opposite White cats are believed to be bad luck IF YOU SEE A SPIDER ON HALLOWEEN, IT IS SAID TO BE THE SPIRIT OF A LOVED ONE WATCHING OVER FOR YOU ... GHOSTS AND SPIRITS ON THE SAMHAIN HOLIDAY ABOUT 99% OF ALL PUMPKINS SOLD ARE USED AS JACK O'LANTERNS FOR HALLOWEEN AS FOR CATS BLACK CATS get a bad rap on Halloween because they were once believed.. .HALLOWEEN HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMES All Hallows Eve Samhain All Hallowtide The Feast of the Dead All Saints Eve El Día de los Muertos THE TRADITION OF WEARING MASKS ON HALLOWEEN. .. KEEP THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD FROM RECOGNIZING THE LIVING THE TRADITION OF ADDING PRANKS INTO THE HALLOWEEN MIX STARTED TO TURN UGLY IN THE 1930'S AND A MOVEMENT BEGAN TO SUBSTITUTE PRACTICAL JOKES