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The Cost of Halloween and Spooky Season Is Upon Us, Lars a Year in Ticket Sales Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 ǀ Volume 138 ǀ Issue 10 ǀ Reaching students, faculty, and staff of the University of North Dakota since 1888 Inside this issue Zodiac Signs 4 Haunted UND 5 For more content Halloween Bash 8 visit www.dakotastudent.com /dakotastudent /DakotaStudent @dakotastudent History of Halloween When and how did this tradition start? Brianna Mayhair Dakota Student Today, Halloween is seen has a fun holiday that allows people to dress up and become some- one else for a night and col- lect as much candy as possible, but how did it start? Around 2,000 years ago when the Celts were in what is present-day Ire- land, the United Kingdom, and northern France, they creat- ed Samhain. The ancient Celt- ic Festival of Samhain, which included people having bon- fires and dressing up to scare off ghosts and other evil spir- its. The spirits were thought to damage crops and cause trou- ble. Samhain is believed to have started Halloween. Around this time period, November 1 was the day that marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter, which was associated with death. They believed that the worlds of the living and the dead collided on the night of October 31, so they created Samhain. Celts believed that the spirits not only caused trouble and damaged crops, but also affected the priests as well. They believed that the spirits made it easier for the priests to predict the future. To please the Celtic deities and prevent Trevor Alveshere/Dakota Student the spread of trouble, the Celts Halloween has an extensive history. made bonfires, where they sac- apples on Halloween is thought dressing up. The holiday was second half of the 19th century know today. rificed animals and parts of to originate from. also called All-Hallows, and the when new immigrants came to By the 1800s, the Halloween their crops instead in hopes to By the ninth century, the night before was called All-Hal- America. Many of the new im- we know today was created. receive future predictions. strong influence of Christiani- lows Eve, which eventually was migrants were Irish, which was People started to move towards By 43 A.D., the Roman Empire ty spread into the Celtic lands, called Halloween. thought to have helped with the partying and celebrating as a conquered most of the Celt’s where it started to blend into How did Halloween come to popularization of the holiday community instead of focusing territory, where two festivals of the Celtic culture. The church America then? As the beliefs especially. on witchcraft, magic, and evil Roman origin were mixed with made November 2 All Souls’ of different European ethnic Influenced by Europeans, spirits. the Festival of Samhain. The first Day in 1000 A.D., which they groups and the American Indi- Americans began dressing up of the two festivals added was honored the dead. It’s believed ans merged, an American ver- and going house to house, ask- Feralia, celebrated in late Octo- that the church was trying to re- sion of Halloween was created. ing for money or food. Many ber when the Roman commem- place the Celtic Festival of the The celebrations included pub- women believed that on Hal- orated the dead. The second fes- dead with a church-sanctioned lic events to celebrate the har- loween they could predict their tival was to honor Pomona, the holiday. All Souls’ Day was cel- vest. To celebrate, neighbors future husbands by doing tricks Brianna Mayhair is a News Writer for goddess of fruit and trees. Po- ebrated in a very similar fashion would share stories, tell for- with yarn, apples or mirrors. Dakota Student. mona is represented by an ap- as to Samhain. Souls’ Day had tunes, dance and sing. The hol- This is what is thought to have She can be reached at ple, which is where bobbing for parades, bonfires and people iday was popularized until the created “trick-or-treat" that we [email protected] The Cost of Halloween and spooky season is upon us, lars a year in ticket sales. More Cortnie Cottrell tics beg to differ. According to this holiday brings to town, Dakota Student thebalance.com, 70% of Ameri- going to a haunted house is al- than 80% of attractions are run the Dakota Student wishes ev- cans are spending an average most essential in order to get by or benefit a charity of some eryone a safe and Spooktacu- Whether it is the candy- of $3.2 billion dollars just on the full effect of Halloween. kind.” lar Halloween. induced coma after indulging their costumes, making it the Today, there are about 1,200 The average cost per per- yourself throughout the night most expensive part about haunted house attractions in son to attend is around $15, or the lingering makeup from Halloween. Along with kids the United States, in which however, they can range any- your extravagant costume the and adult costumes, America an average of 8,000 people at- where from $13 to $65. The next morning, each year Hal- is now using their hard-earned tends them each year. professional attractions are loween celebrations seem to money to buy their pets’ cos- According to iowastate- more pricey, but the scare fac- Cortnie Cottrell is a News Writer outdo itself time and time tumes as well. daily.com, “the haunted house tor is also heightened. for Dakota Student. again. Closely following cos- attraction industry makes be- With all the fun, entertain- She can be reached at With the reputation of Hal- tumes, Americans are paying a tween 500 and 800 million dol- ing and scary activities that [email protected] loween becoming more popu- pretty penny for their Hallow- lar each year, coincidently, the een candy, topping out at $2.6 cost seems to climb as well and billion dollars - all just to spoil may even scare you away. Ac- the little kids, or greedy teen- cording to pricegun.com, Hal- agers when they come knock- loween has turned into one of ing on the door. the most expensive holidays “As a kid, my favorite part in the US. Between candy, cos- of Halloween was always get- tumes, pumpkins and parties, ting home after a long night of the estimated total that the trick-or-treating with my fami- average American will spend ly and dumping out my bucket is $162.29 this year on Hallow- of candy and digging in,” Buth een alone; which contributes said. “We always knew which to a total average US spending houses had the best candies, so of nine billion dollars annually we would hit them up first.” since 2018. After your mask comes off “I don’t spend much money and your belly is full of sugar, on Halloween, myself,” Lukas it is time to break out the carv- Buth, a senior UND student ing knives and give the pump- from Germany said, “How- kins a face. The tradition of ever, some of my friends re- carving pumpkins into jack-o- ally go all out, disregarding lanterns has been around since the price tags, just to have a the 19th century-originating in good costume.Germany cel- Ireland. Americans continue ebrates Halloween just like we to keep this tradition alive by do here, but I think Americans forking out $2.87 billion dol- definitely make it a bigger lars on pumpkins each year deal, especially when it comes with the average pumpkin to spending money.” costing around five dollars. Yes, candy may arguably Checking out a local pump- be the number one item that is kin patch is a great way to put most needed for a Halloween your carving skills to the test. Trevor Alveshere/Dakota Student celebration; however, statis- As Halloween is nearing The average American will spend $162.29 on Halloween. 2 NEWS Happy Halloween! DAKOTA The Dakota Student wishes you a Happy STUDENT Halloween and reminds everyone to have EDITORIAL a safe night. 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