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Halloween
By, Dylan Hoffman
Approximately 598 million pounds or $1.9 billions worth of candy is sold during the Halloween season. Nearly 90 million pounds of the candy sold during Halloween week is chocolate
n adj Candy
Pumpkins During the Halloween season 18,952 tons of pumpkins are sold. About 1. 5 billion pounds of pumpkins are sold each year. Most of the selling takes place for Halloween.
Costumes
Anyone can wear costumes like children, teens, young, adults and adults can too and even your pets.
There are many costumes out there for anyone to have.
Money
This year 7 billion dollars have been spent on halloween stuff in 2013 and 2012 8 billion dollars have been spent.
Some History of Halloween
Halloween started in the 1800’s or about 2,000 years ago when it came popular.
Facts about Halloween
The original intent of carved pumpkins was to protect themselves from evil spirits.
Trick-or-treaters get enough candy to add about 3 pounds to their weight.
Fun FactsThe world's largest jack-o-lantern weighed 666.32 kg (1,469 lb) and was carved in October 2005 from the world's largest pumpkin (another Guinness World Record).
Fastest pumpkin-carving speed? 24.03 seconds (the Guinness World Record).
FactsHalloween is thought to have originated around 4000 B.C., which means Halloween has been around for over 6,000 years.
Scarecrows, a popular Halloween fixture, symbolize the ancient agricultural roots of the holiday.
Sites i usedhttp://facts.randomhistory.com/halloween-facts.htmlhttp://www.grandinroad.com/halloween-haven/editorial-content/fun-facts?local=yfacts.randomhistory.com/halloween-facts.html
Happy Halloween
The End