Odd Facts About Halloween No One Ever Told You

Lots of people love the spooky vibes, candies, and creative costumes of Halloween, but let’s see how well you know this holiday and its history. Halloween dates back more than 2,000 years and originates from a festival called Samhain, which means “summer’s end.“ The feast is held around the first day of November to acknowledge the last day of the fall harvest. A full moon on Halloween only occurs 3 or 4 times every century. People carved turnips instead of pumpkins in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Read more: #brightside Preview photo credit: National Museum of Ireland - , CC BY-SA 2.0 Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! Subscribe to Bright Side: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok: @?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: