Halloween Fun

All Hallows Eve... My favorite holiday! Halloween! We go all out decorating and getting our costumes and pumpkins early. We even watch Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown over and over the entire month of October.

Thought I would list some fun, silly facts I know about this spooky holiday:

- The only holiday people spend more money on is Christmas!
- Originated as a pagan holiday.
- Candy corns are over 100 years old! Over 35 million pounds of candy corn will be cooked up this year alone!
- Over 90% of children will go trick-or-treating this year!
- 99% of all pumpkins end up as... Jack-o-lanterns!
- The biggest pumpkin EVER recorded was 1689 pounds at the Topsfield Fair in 2007.
- Black cats are part of Halloween culture because of the long standing belief they were evil or even bad spirits.
- Mellowcreme Pumpkins only have 150 calories per serving! Yummy!
- The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown first aired on October 27th, 1966 and is still my favorite to this day!
- Consumers spend over $5 billion dollars on Halloween candy, costumes, decor and fun!

Pumpkin Patterns

I found this cool website. We are crazy for Halloween at our house. Check out this site if you have time. They even have free pumpkin patterns!

http://www.jack-o-lantern.com/

Halloween & Unicef: Treats for All

So, check out this website for UNICEF early in October. They have info on how to order a little UNICEF collection box for kids to take along with them when trick or treating. You can also go to the local Pier 1 or Hallmark Store to pick one up for the kiddos after October 1st. We are ordering our boxes this week.

http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/
or call:
1-800-FOR-KIDS

"Unicef helps bring water, education and medicine to the children who need it most."