{"id":15982,"date":"2022-10-14T09:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T15:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/?p=15982"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:43:39","slug":"halloween-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/halloween-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Fun Facts About Halloween You Didn\u2019t Already Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15982\" class=\"elementor elementor-15982\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51318e2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51318e2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1de91d41\" data-id=\"1de91d41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bd0686 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24bd0686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to get in the Halloween spirit? Check out these awesome fun facts about Halloween that you probably didn\u2019t already know!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.\u00a0 Halloween traditions date back to 2,000 years ago.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Traditionally, Halloween marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the \u201cdark season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Pumpkins are technically a fruit, not a vegetable!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f195f84 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f195f84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/activities?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=cta&#038;utm_campaign=blog_cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Explore GWL Activities<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbe0d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fbe0d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Trick or treating became popular in the United States in the 1930s.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. There are many origins of \u2018trick or treating\u2019 including the 16th century during the Celtic festival called \u2018Samhain\u2019. The tradition of dressing in costume in exchange for food and drink dates to the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. The first ever Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips, not pumpkins.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Immigrants from around the world helped bring Halloween traditions to America.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb2f7a5 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"eb2f7a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/deals?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=cta&#038;utm_campaign=blog_cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View Offers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0015b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c0015b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9. Illinois produces the most pumpkins out of any other state in the United States.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10. Pumpkins are not always orange. They can be white, red, yellow, green, and blue!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think you\u2019ve mastered some Halloween fun facts? Head to Great Wolf Lodge this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/howl-o-ween\">Howl-o-Ween<\/a> to test your knowledge with Howl-O-Ween trivia! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/locations\">Find your nearest Lodge location<\/a>, you won\u2019t want to miss out on the fun!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6726272 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6726272\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59c10b2\" data-id=\"59c10b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e45fc elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"00e45fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/locations?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=cta&#038;utm_campaign=blog_cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book Your Stay<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to get in the Halloween spirit? Check out these awesome fun facts about Halloween that you probably didn\u2019t already know!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.\u00a0 Halloween traditions date back to 2,000 years ago. 2. Traditionally, Halloween marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the \u201cdark season.\u201d 3. Pumpkins are technically a fruit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,123,116,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-fun","category-fun-facts-trivia","category-holiday-celebrations","category-seasonal-great-wolf-lodge"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3.jpg",1600,1067,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3-450x300.jpg",450,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3.jpg",1600,1067,false],"wpvqgr-square-answer":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/i-tZGRvXh-X3-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Great Wolf Lodge","author_link":"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Want to get in the Halloween spirit? 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