Halloween History
When is October 31st?
This 1998 rom-com starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks makes you want to grab a pumpkin spice latte and visit a New York City bookstore.
What is You've Got Mail?
What is a Masquerade?
Marigolds, candles, and sugar skull art, this Mexican holiday comes straight from the heart!
¿Qué es Día de los muertos?
This famous Halloween decoration appears in the first film in the series' poster.
This ancient Celtic Festival is considered the origin of Halloween.
What is Samhain?
This 2001 fantasy film introduced us to a boy with a lightning-shaped scar and the magical school that starts every fall.
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
This costume was the most popular Halloween costume of 1969.
What is an Astronaut?
Before pumpkins, people in Ireland carved these root vegetables.
What are turnips?
This person is a relative of Michael Myers and the only other survivor of Michael's first rampage when he killed the rest of their family.
Who is Michael’s Sister, Laurie Strode?
What are soul cakes?
This 1993 Disney classic about three witches returning to modern-day Salem has become a Halloween staple.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This decade saw the infusion of mainstream characters (Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, etc.) make their way into popular American Halloween costumes.
What are the 1930s?
What is England?
This man is Michael’s Psychiatrist while he is in the mental asylum.
Who is Dr. Loomis?
This Protestant group in early colonial America strongly opposed Halloween due to its pagan roots.
Who were the Puritans?
This 2019 Greta Gerwig film adaption of a beloved novel features fall in New England, cozy family scenes, and sisterhood.
What is Little Women?
This masked superhero makes up the most popular superhero costume of all time!
Who is Spiderman?
This country´s people dance with their ancestors´ bones in celebration each fall.
What is Madagascar?
Michael Myers' infamous mask is a modified version of this famous sci-fi captain's face.
What is a Captain Kirk Mask?
The Roman festivals of Feralia and a day honoring Pomona, goddess of fruit and trees, influenced Halloween. This fruit, associated with Pomona, became a Halloween staple.
What is the Apple?
What is Coraline?
This couple's costume is what everyone wants to be this Halloween.
Who are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?
In Japan, families light lanterns to guide their ancestors´ spirits home in this celebration.
What is Obon?
This cult of druids revives and controls Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers.
What is the Cult of the Thorn?