Traditions
When was the first citywide Halloween celebration held in the United States?
1921, in Anoka, Minnesota
Puritans decided that these were potentially witches if they were black.
Cats
Our company chose to become an ESOP in this year.
2006
This item is banned only during Halloween from 12am October 31st to 12pm November 1st in Hollywood, California.
Silly String
This is the favorite fruit of the season.
Pumpkin
Sprinkle this spice on your doorstep if you want to keep evil spirts out of your house on Halloween night
Salt
Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas was really a burlap sack filled with these:
Spiders, Insects, and Snakes
Originally, Jack-o-Lanterns were named after Stingy Jack, but he carried this instead of a carved pumpkin.
Turnip
In this American state, it is illegal to dress up as The Nun, or a priest.
Alabama.
This is our current share price
$9.95
This Celtic tradition led to modern-day trick-or-treating.
The celebration of Samhain
More pets dress up on Halloween than you think. In 2021, this percent of people with pets dressed them up.
20%
This Halloween-special radio drama caused a mass panic on October 30, 1938
War of The Worlds
This 1978 classic was created on a budget so small, their main character uses a $2, spray painted William Shatner mask to hide his identity.
John Carpenter's Halloween
Wednesday Addams famously asked if these were "Made with real girl scouts".
Girl Scout Cookies
Bobbing for apples was a traditional form of divination or "fortune telling". This is what women were really looking for:
Who they would marry.
This black-and-white, stop motion creature from Beetlejuice is exceptionally dangerous and fearsome
Sandworm
This famous magician died on Halloween, but his wife spent 10 years holding seances waiting for his coded message from beyond the grave.
Harry Houdini
This is what ESOP stands for
Employee Stock Ownership plan
This individually wrapped candy has been the most purchased by Americans across the last 15 years.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Our ESOP statements are mailed out between these two months, traditionally
December-January
This 1935 classic was the first Hollywood movie to feature a werewolf
Werewolf of London
She was the first "First Lady" to decorate the White House for Halloween
Mamie Eisenhower
This was Bram Stoker’s original name for Dracula
Count Wampyr
In the Korean War, soldiers were (accidentally) given these chewy chocolate treats to satisfy their sweet tooth.
Tootsie Rolls