The word Halloween originates from the Catholic Church.

It is All hollows eve, or the night

before All hallows day which falls on the 1st of November, which is the catholic day of
observance in honor of saints. Also in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially
ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain, which means "end of summer", the
Celtic New year.

TRICK OR TREAT?
 93% of children will trick-or-treat
 Bite-sized chocolate candy is handed out the most.
 26% of candy-givers will hand out full-size chocolate
bars
 A rare few will get king-sized bars
 Half of all kids say that chocolates are their favorite
candies to receive, followed by non-chocolate (24%)
and gum (10%).
 90% of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their
kids' Halloween trick-or-treat bags.
 Like the children, the adults go for the chocolates and
nearly 70% of them reach for the mini candy bars, too. 

BOBBING FOR APPLES

When the Celts were absorbed by the Roman Empire, many rituals
of Roman origin began. Among them was the worship of Pomona,
goddess of the harvest, often portrayed sitting on a basket of fruits
and flowers. Apples were the sacred fruit of the goddess, and many
games of divination involving them entered the Samhain customs.

WITCHES
BOOMSTICK
The witch is a central symbol of Halloween. When setting out for a
Sabbath, witches rubbed a sacred ointment onto their skin. This gave
them a feeling of flying, and if they had been fasting they felt even
giddier. Some witches rode on horseback, but poor witches went on
foot and carried a broom or a pole to aid in vaulting over streams. In
England when new witches were initiated they were often blindfolded,
smeared with flying ointment and placed on a broomstick. The
ointment would confuse the mind, speed up the pulse and numb the feet. When they were told "You are flying
over land and sea," the witch took their word for it.