Halloween
Traditions
Traditions
Halloween is celebrated every year on this day.
What is October 31st?
This is the most popular Halloween candy in Canada.
What is Coffee Crisp?
This monster comes alive during a full moon.
What is a Werewolf?
Werewolves are cursed humans that involuntarily turn into large, strong wolf-like monsters during each full moon. The curse is the result of being bitten by a werewolf while it's in its monster form. While werewolves are exceptionally strong beasts, their weakness is silver (or a silver bullet).
The main character of this movie sports green hair and a black and white striped suit.
Who is Bettlejuice?
For him to come alive and into the living world, you only need to say his name three (3) times... BETTLEJUICE! BETTLEJUICE! BEETLEJUICE!
Break one of these and you'll have seven years of bad luck.
What is a mirror?
This myth started with the Romans. They believed that the soul would regenerate every 7 years. So essentially, when you break a mirror, you're waiting for an entirely new soul to rid yourself of the bad luck. Others believed that mirrors were actually devices of the Gods.
What is a Jack-O-Lantern?
Lighting a Jack-O-Lantern is an an Irish custom to ward off evil spirits.
This was the original name for Candy Corn.
What is Chicken Feed?
When the Goelitz Confectionery Company first produced candy corn, it was called "Chicken Feed." The boxes were illustrated with a colorful rooster logo and a tagline: "Something worth crowing for."
These creatures are typically associated with warts, broomsticks, and black cats
What are Witches?
Witches are women that harness the power of magic. Largely thought to be sinister, many women were accused of witchcraft and burned alive during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 and 1693.
This popular Halloween movie franchise came out in 1978.
What is Halloween?
Halloween is a franchise that consists of thirteen films, as well as novels, comic books, a video game and other merchandise. The films primarily focus on Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister. Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois.
It is said that if you open one of these inside, it is bad luck. It usually doesn't rain indoors, unless the sprinklers have gone off.
What is an umbrella?
It is believed that opening an umbrella indoors invites ghosts, can be used to predict the arrival of difficult times, cause sleepless nights and even result in spiritual blindness.
People, young and old, dress up in these on Halloween night.
What is a costume?
The tradition of wearing costumes was originally to avoid being terrorized by all the evil spirits walking the Earth during Samhain. The Celts donned disguises so that they would not be mistaken for spirits themselves and be left alone.
It takes this many licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
What is between 364 - 411 licks.
Tootsie Pops went on sale in 1931. It was the first candy to include a surprise at the center.
Sunlight will burn a this creatures skin, so they are active mostly at night. You may also want to wear garlic around your neck to ward them off.
What is a Vampire?
According to lore, their downfalls are crosses, silver and garlic, and can be extinguished by stabbing them in the heart with a wooden stake.
This is the name of the friendly ghost we all know and love.
Who is Casper?
If you spill this on the table, be sure to throw it over your left shoulder to reverse the bad luck.
What is salt?
In ancient times salt was a valuable commodity primarily because it was hard to procure, making it very costly. A superstition says spilling salt will bring you bad fortune. As legend has it, you should take a pinch of the spilled salt and throw it over your left shoulder to cancel the bad luck.
This fun Halloween party game will have you dunking your face into water.
What is Bobbing for Apples?
Bobbing for apples became popular as a fortune-telling game on All Hallows' Eve. Apples would be selected to represent all of a woman's suitors, and the apple she ended up biting into would supposedly represent her future husband.
TRUE OR FALSE: White chocolate is not chocolate.
TRUE!
White chocolate does not contain cocoa particles. It’s just cocoa butter mixed with sugar, often with a little vanilla added for flavoring.
This particular creature is the protagonist in the short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, written by Washington Irving.
Whos is the Headless Horseman?
The most popular Headless Horseman legend is from 1776 and 1820 America. The legends state that the ghost of the Headless Horseman rises from his grave in Sleepy Hollow every night in search of his head. If he is unable to find his own, any head will do. Until he is successful, he uses a menacingly lit jack-o-lantern in place of his missing head.
In the original 1973 version of this film, a priest continuously chants "The power of Christ compels you!"
What is 'The Exorcist'?
It was the first horror movie to receive an Oscar nomination for best picture. It remains one of the most suspenseful, frightening movies in the horror genre.
Most people do not like this number, especially when it is accompanied by Friday.
What is 13?
Fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia.
The night before Halloween (Oct.30th) is referred to as this red horned creatures night.
What is Devil's Night.
It is related to the "Mischief Night" practiced in parts of the United States such as Philadelphia but is chiefly associated with the serious vandalism and arson seen in Detroit, Michigan, from the late 1960s to the 1990s
This is the staggering amount of money that Halloween candy sales make each year.
What is 3.6 billion dollars?
Costumes are the biggest revenue generator of the holiday this year, and expected to bring in $4.1 billion. Consumers are also spending more on Halloween decorations, which is expected to generate $3.9 billion,
This terrifying spirit is known as a "noisy ghost".
What is a Poltergeist?
It translates from the German "poltern" which means "to make noise" or "to rumble" and geist which means "ghost" or "spirit." Their appearance is much like a ghost although poltergeists can at times be invisible. Differing from regular ghosts, poltergeists are said to haunt a specific person and not a place.
This famous thriller Director is best known for his films, 'Psycho', 'Vertigo', 'The Birds' and 'North by Northwest'.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock.
English film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films
In a theatre, it is important that you do not say this Shakespeare characters name.
Who is Macbeth?
Saying “Macbeth” in the theatre curses the production. It's said that the actor playing Lady Macbeth tragically died on opening night in 1606 and Shakespeare himself had to step in. Dueling Macbeth productions in New York caused the great Astor Place Riot in 1849, leaving at least 25 dead and hundreds injured.