This is part of the Halloween around the WORLD traditions #StateChallenge coordinated by @Denise_Barlock @ @Kwiksatik
Spookylicious!!! 
The Month of October is indicated with the Harvest Season and Halloween events, which is celebrated on October 31st every year.
Halloween began as a Celtic harvest festival with pagan roots, later it became christianized activities such as trick-or-treating, costumes, jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, haunted attractions, scary stories, and horror films. All hollow tied is dedicated to Saints Martyrs and all faithfully departed or remembering the dead.
Some TV program will play scary movies all month long or a week marathon. Nowadays the Halloween tradition is for all ages. Costumes are not just for children but for adults as well. Children walk around the blocks to collect candy while many adults go to the bar to have the best or the scariest costumes contest.
How do you know if a certain house will give away candy? Look at their porch light, if it is on, it means you can approach. If not, that house may not participate in the event or they have ran out of candy early.
Small children will be accompanied by their parents, infant will be dressed up in their strollers, dogs will walk with the owner to get their treats. Many employees will wear costumes to work and some are doing trick or treat from one office to another.
Below photo by Erna_LaBeau, showing different costumes
Caption: It is the highlight of the year for candy factories. There are many variety of candies in a large selection of ghoulish shapes (photo below by Erna_LaBeau)
Caption: Children and adults alike dress in many costumes wearing makeup or a mask (photo by Erna_LaBeau)
Jack-O’-Lan****tern!!!
First of all, pumpkins are not turned to be Jack-O’-Lantern until you carved them. The name Jack O’Lantern comes from an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack.
This is how the story goes. Halloween is originated hundreds of years ago in Ireland, they used large turnips and potatoes to make a jack-o’-lantern. It was not until Irish immigrants arrived in the United States and discovered the pumpkins. This is how the new ritual Halloween and carving the pumpkins started.
Below is the story that I have cited from History:
“People have been making Jack O’Lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nickname Stingy Jack. According to the story, Stingy Jack invited by the devil to have a drink with him. Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy the drinks. Once the devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross which prevented the devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually agreed with the devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the devil into climbing up a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the devil could not come down until the devil promised Jack not to bother him for 10 more years. Soon after, Jack died as the legend goes, God would not allow such a savory figure into heaven, the devil still upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack nto hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with it ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as jack off the lantern, and then simply Jack-O’-Lantern.”
Caption: Pumpkin and Jack-O’-Lantern (photo by Erna_LaBeau)
Pumpkins with scary faces and illuminated by candles are sure a sign of Halloween season.
Caption: Scary decorations in the neighborhood (photo by Erna_LaBeau)
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Fun facts about pumpkins:
-Pumpkins are native to Central America and Mexico now grow on six continents but Antarctica
-Pumpkin word originally from the French “pompions” it means “gros melons” in English
-The heaviest pumpkin was grown in Belgium in 2016 and weighed a 2,624 pounds.
-The heaviest pumpkin in the US was grown in New Hampshire in 2018 and weighed a 2,528 pounds.
-The largest pumpkin pie ever bake was in Ohio in 2010 it weighed 3,699 lb it was over 20 ft in diameter
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Don’t forget the day after Halloween you can get up to 90% off of all the candy, it is the time to stock up.
Keep in mind squirrels love pumpkins so they will eat the pumpkin that is left on your porch.
Source from Wikipedia and History
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, nice to know more about Halloween 
. I thought it’s only an American yearly occasion !!
