Halloween Traditions
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Halloween Candy
Halloween History
Edgar Allan Poe
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Fictional Witches
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A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds

Jack-o-lanterns

100

Jason Vorhees

Friday the 13th 

100

Wow! The neighbors gave trick-or-treaters the king size of this Nestle candy bar with a noisy name

Crunch


100

This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe

a black cat

100

In this "colorful" Poe story, Prince Prospero tries to avoid a deadly plague

"The Masque of the Red Death"

100

Hawkins, Indiana

Stranger Things

100

Cho Chang & Fleur Delacour are 2 of the many witches in this book series

Harry Potter

200

It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest

orange and black

200

Michael Myers

Halloween

200

Abe Vigoda & Betty White have appeared in commercials for this candy bar that satisfies

Snickers

200

Originally, instead of pumpkins, this small root vegetable of the mustard family was used for carving

turnips

200

A man's harrowing escape from torture during the Spanish Inquisition is recounted in this Poe favorite

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

200
The Overlook Hotel
The Shining
200

In "Macbeth" the three witches who prophesy his success & doom are appropriately also known as these "sisters"

the weird sisters

300

The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when this president's wife hung owls & goblins

Eisenhower

300

Freddy Krueger

A Nightmare on Elm Street

300

This tri-colored sweet, popular on Halloween, has its own national day on October 30

candy corn

300

On Halloween in 1846, heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains

The Donner Party

300

Come gather by the fire while I share this 1843 story about a murdered man who "took a licking and kept on ticking"

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

300

The 8th film in this franchise takes place in Manhattan; most of the rest are set near a lake in New Jersey

Friday the 13th

300

Jadis of Charn is the evil White Witch laying chilly havoc to this C.S. Lewis land

Narnia

400

This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona

bobbing for apples

400

Jack Torrance

The Shining

400

The name of these bite-sized, "rainbow" candies is also a British term for ninepin bowling

Skittles

400

This Christian holiday also called Hallowmas was created as the day after Halloween to convert people

All Saints' Day

400

Poe's wife (and cousin), who passed away at age 24, had this name, like the state at whose university Poe studied

Virginia

400

Amity Island and its surrounding waters, mostly during the Fourth of July weekend in 1975

Jaws

400

 In "The Thirteenth Sacrifice", witches have returned to this city & Boston cop Samantha Ryan is hunting them

Salem

500

This 20th century illusionist and magician's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween

Houdini
500

Norman Bates

Psycho

500

1982, the film E.T. led to a significant increase in this candy's sales, with some reports saying the candy saw a 65% bump 

Reese's Pieces

500

October brings out undead soldiers, vampires & ghosts, all serving the Headless Horseman at Philipsburg Manor in this N.Y. village

Sleepy Hollow

500

This NFL team was inspired by the poetry of Poe (who was also a resident of the city for most of his life). 

The Ravens

500

Many movies based on his books take place in Derry, Maine

Stephen King

500

In this play, Rebecca Nurse, among others, is accused of witchcraft, and mass hysteria ensues.

The Crucible