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KIDS CORNER

Halloween is such a fun time

of the year! Some people

like this holiday more than
any other. Is Halloween

your favorite too?

Here are some fun facts

about Halloween:

1 Halloween is always on October 31.

2 The name Halloween is a shorter version of All Hallows’ Eve.

3 Most people in the United States celebrate Halloween. In fact, almost 70%
celebrated the holiday in 2019.

4 Last year, Spiderman and Batman were the two most popular costumes for
kids. (The No. 1 costume for adults was a witch.)

5 Some people even dress up their pets for Halloween! Do you do that?
The most popular costumes for pets last year were pumpkins, hot dogs,
superheroes and cats.

6 Halloween came to the U.S. from Ireland in the 1840s when many Irish
people moved to the U.S.

7 Irish people also came up with the idea for the jack o’lantern.
In Ireland, they carved them out of potatoes,
beets and turnips! But the U.S. had pumpkins,
Feel free to tear out this sheet. Sources: National Retail Federation, Goodhousekeeping.com
so that’s what Americans have been
using ever since.

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