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18. In Northern Germany, Norway and Southern Denmark children dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating on New Year's Eve
in a tradition called"Rummelpott".
19. In Scotland, children are only supposed to receive treats if they perform tricks for the households they go to. This normally takes
the form of singing a song or reciting a funny poem.
20. For a number of years (in the late 19th century and early 20th century) Halloween in the U.S became synonymous with
vandalism.
21. In 1912, Boy Scout clubs and other community organisations came together to encourage a safe Halloween celebration. School
posters at this time called for a "Sane Halloween".
22. In an effort to prevent damage to their properties, householders began to offer children treats if they promised not to play "tricks".
23. By the end of the 1930's trick or treating had become widespread.
24. Research done by the U.S National Confectioners association in 2005 revealed that 80% of adults and 93% of children went trick
or treating on Halloween.
25. The first screen depiction of Trick or Treating was in Disney's cartoon, "Trick or Treating". In this cartoon Huey, Duey and Louie
try to trick their Uncle, Donald Duck into giving them candy.
26. In 1964 a New York housewife annoyed by Halloween started giving out packages of inedible objects to children whom she
believed were too old to be trick-or-treating. The packages contained items such as steel wool, dog biscuits and ant buttons (which
were clearly labeled with the word "poison"). Though nobody was injured, she was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to endangering
children.
27. In 1970, the New York Times published an article that claimed that "those Halloween goodies that children collect this weekend
on their rounds of 'trick or treating' may bring them more horror than happiness". It provided examples of potential tamperings. The
examples were speculative but led to a ground swell of fear.
28. By the 1980s, US and Canadian parents fear that trick or treating children could eat compromised candy reached a peak. In 1985,
an ABC News/Washington Post poll that found 60% of parents feared that their children would be injured or killed because of
Halloween candy sabotage.
29. Apart from one incident-actually an act of premeditated murder by a trick-or-treater's father-there have been no recorded
incidents of malicious and deliberate tampering of candy during Halloween.
30. In 1970, a 5-year-old boy from the Detroit area found and ate heroin his uncle had stashed. The boy died following a four day
coma. The family attempted to protect the uncle by claiming the drug had been sprinkled in the child's Halloween candy.
31. In 2008, candy was found with metal shavings and metal blades embedded in it. The candy was Pokemon Valentine's Day
lollipops purchased from a Dollar General store in Polk County, Florida. The candy was determined to have been manufactured in
China with faulty equipment.
32. In the U.S, Halloween accounts for 25% of the year's candy sales.
33. In the U.S, nearly $2 billion is spent each year on Halloween candy.
34. Candy corn is the most popular Halloween candy.
35. Candy corn was created by the U.S Wunderlee Candy company in the 1880's.
36. Snickers bars are the most popular candy bar sold on Halloween.
37. Snickers bars were created in 1930 by the Mars family. They named it after their family horse.
38. Research conducted by the U.S National Retail Federation found that in 2005 - 53% of Americans bought a Halloween costume,
spending an average of $38.
39. The first mass produced Halloween costumes appeared in the 1930's in the U.S.
40. Originally Halloween costumes were scary characters like vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils.
41. Today, Halloween costumes are often inspired by science fiction, television, cinema, cartoons and pop culture.
42. According to the U.S National Retail Federation the most popular Halloween costume themes for adults are, in order: witch,
pirate, vampire, cat, and clown.
43. In 2009, the most popular Halloween character for Adults and Children was Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson died on June 25,
2009.
44. In 1966, The TV series Batman was so popular, a fabric company issued patterns for costumes.
45. Apple bobbing is a traditional Halloween game. The game is played by filling a tub or a large basin with water and putting apples
in the water. Because apples are less dense than water, they will float. Players then try to catch one with their teeth.
46. Apple bobbing is becoming less popular, possibly because more and more people regard it as unsanitary.
47. Girls who place the apple they bobbed under their pillows are said to dream of their future lover.
48. On 19 February, 2008, New Yorker, Ashrita Furman, bob