This magician died on Halloween 1926
Harry Houdini
The colloquial term for quadriceps femoris
Thighs
Middle Age Christians celebrated Christmas in a carnival-like fashion more akin to this modern day pre-lenten holiday
Mardi Gras
Apparently there wasn't room on the floating door for this Jack
Jack Dawson
Hallowe'en was first celebrated by this class of people
Druids
This type of plant is characterized by its sharp prickles; it's flowers are good for pollinators
Thistles
This group of early American settlers banned Christmas for 20 years because of its pagan ties
Puritans
A spritely variant of Old Man Winter, his mischief is sometimes viewed as sinister
Jack Frost
Halloween is ranked third for number of parties thrown in America. It falls behind these 2 occasions.
New Year's Eve and Super Bowl Sunday
This 1999 romantic comedy was adapted from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
10 Things I Hate About You
This country originated the tradition of decorating Christmas trees
Germany
This real life Jack features in hundreds of works of fiction based on events that occurred in the slums of London
Jack the Ripper
The traditional Scottish name for Halloween, which derives from the name of the Celtic God Samana
Samhain
This view was espoused by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens
Atheism
This northern country initiated the party trend of wearing ugly sweaters in 2001
Canada
An Emmy Award winning animated show follows the title character's attempts to get back home
Samurai Jack
This US state does not allow people to dress as priests or nuns
Alabama
An archaic verb meaning "it seems to me"; it might accompany your opinion that someone "doth protest too much"
Methinks
A 'fruit of the vine' that if found as an ornament on a Christmas tree grants the young finder a prize
Pickle
Jack just wanted to spend a quiet winter writing in this 1980 Stanley Kubrick film
The Shining