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UNICEF's Trick-or-Treat program
was founded in 1950.
Philadelphia-based trick-or-treaters
traded in a sweet tooth for sweet action in 1950.
In lieu of candy, residents collected change for
children overseas and sent it to UNICEF.
Subsequently, the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
program was born.

Harry Houdini died on Halloween.
A working magician from the age of 17, Harry
Houdini (AKA Ehrich Weisz) became
America's favorite magician and a world-
renown legend for his daring escapes. Many
find it fitting, then, that this master trickster died
on October 31, 1926 (from a ruptured
appendix).

The Trunk-or-Treating idea was born
in 2000.
Due to safety concerns, trunk-or-treating
was introduced in 2000 as an alternative to
hitting the pavement for candy on Halloween
night. Cars are parked in a circle at a school or
church parking lot, with event-goers decorating
candy sales. More than twice as much chocolate superheroes, batman, princesses, and animals,
their open trunks and dressing in costume in
is sold, and 90 million pounds of chocolate flies reports CNN. For adults, there were plenty of
order to hand out sweets.
out the door during Halloween week alone. In classic costumes — think witches and pirates —
total, $1.9 billion is spent on Halloween candy at Halloween parties.
Americans spend a lot of money on
each year.
Halloween. People really like to dress up their
According to the National Retail Charlie Brown created a piece of pets.
Federation, 64% of Americans celebrated the
Halloween history. In 2017, the most popular pet costumes
holiday in 2015, and they spent an average of
It was just tricks, no treats, for Charlie were pumpkins, hot dogs, and a tie between a
$74.34 per (adult) person on candy, costumes,
Brown in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie dog, lion, and pirate, CNN says. If you want
and decor.
Brown. In the 1966 TV special, the iconic lead your dog to stand out, these funny costumes will
character says, "I got a rock" while trick-or- do the trick. And these adorable cat costumes
Halloween is one of the most popular
treating. The phrase went on to become one of make sure your feline doesn't feel left out.
holidays for Hallmark. the most famous lines in Peanuts history.
Although the cards may be ghoulish, the People really like to dress up their
sentiment is sweet: according to Hallmark, You can thank California for pets.
Halloween ranks as the sixth most popular card- Halloween chocolate. In 2017, the most popular pet costumes
giving holiday, with 20 million cards sent each Halloween candy wouldn't be the same were pumpkins, hot dogs, and a tie between a
year. Christmas comes in first place, with a
without California. Why? According to the U.S. dog, lion, and pirate, CNN says. If you want
whopping 1.5 billion cards sent each year.
Census Bureau, the Golden State leads the your dog to stand out, these funny costumes will
nation in non-chocolate confectionary do the trick. And these adorable cat costumes
Leftover candy lasts longer than you
production. Out of the 409 sites that make sure your feline doesn't feel left out. []
might think. manufacture non-chocolate confections in the
Got leftover Halloween candy? Save it U.S., California is home to 45 of them.
for later! Dark and milk chocolates can last up
to two years if stored in a dry, odor-free spot. You may not be able to adopt a black
Hard candy can last up to a year, and unopened
cat.
packages of candy corn can last nine months.
If you've always wanted to welcome a
black cat into your home, don't bother going to
Illinois has banned teens from trick-
the shelter on Halloween – or maybe even the
or-treating. entire month of October. Many refuse to adopt
In 2010, Belleville, Illinois became the these cats in the lead-up to the holiday, as
latest city to ban trick-or-treating for kids over they're worried the animals will be used in some
12. Teens can even face fines ranging from $100 sort of sacrifice, reports The Huffington Post.
to $1,000 for going door-to-door. (Although, But it really depends on where you go: the
according to officials, more often than not over- ASPCA, for example, provides a list of black
age Halloween-goers are just given a warning.) cat adoption promotions that are actually tied to
the holiday.
Halloween tops Valentine's Day in
candy sales. Superheroes top the most popular list.
Valentine's Day is no longer the sweetest Some of the most popular Halloween
national holiday — at least when it come to costumes for kids in 2017 included action and