Fun Halloween Facts
6 Fun Halloween Facts - Halloween is not just for kids, adults of all ages in the workplace, enjoy having a day when they can be silly and even dress up for a day at the office. Many employees look forward to this time of year if you make it fun for the entire staff. You can make it is more fun by supplying fun facts about the holiday that many people are not aware of and probably would make it very interesting.
Some of these fun halloween facts include:
- Halloween dates back more than 2000 years ago and it was the Celts that first celebrated the holiday
- Trick or treating was a practice the Celts believed since they thought that no evil would befall their next crop if they handed out gifts to the ghosts that roamed the streets
- Ancient Celts were the first to begin wearing masks on Halloween, the reason they wore them was they hoped that the ghosts roaming would not be able to recognize them
- The biggest pumpkin ever grown was in Palestine, Illinois and it was roughly 1500 pounds, though some state it is was 1060 pounds
- Pumpkins are not fruits, they are vegetables and are in the squash family
- Pumpkins originated in Mexico some 9000 years old and one of the oldest vegetables in America
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