13 Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About Halloween

In Scotland and Ireland, they would carve faces into potatoes and turnips and put them in the window. In England, they would use beets.

Samhain, an ancient Celtic holiday, was a day used to establish the end of the harvest season and the beginning of wintertime. They believed the transition made a bridge to the world of the dead, so they wore costumes to keep the evil spirits away.

Each apple represented a potential suitor, and the bobber would try to bite the apple of the guy she liked. If it only took one try, it was fate, but the more tries it took, the more likely their love wouldn't last.

Christmas comes in first, of course. Americans are expected to spend $9.1 billion on Halloween this year.

Trick-or-treaters in Scotland and Ireland used to do something called guising — it means they would sing a song, choreograph a dance, or tell a joke in order to get candy.

Other holidays include Beltane, which marks the first day of May, and Midsummer's Eve, which coincides with the Summer solstice.

Ninety million pounds of that is chocolate every year.

Orange symbolizes harvest season. Black symbolizes death and the end of the Summer.

Yes, the company that makes your favorite jellybeans has been making candy corn since 1898.

But pumpkins originally come from Central America.

People who have samhainophobia usually are afraid to celebrate Halloween or wear a costume due to their extreme fear.

If you see a spider on Halloween night, it means that the spirit of a dead loved one is looking out for you.