Pumpkins, costumes, fears and candy. Halloween is right around the corner and everyone has their traditions, though do you know everything about the wildly popular celebration? These are some intriguing facts you might not have known before.

1. Halloween is seriously old.

There's speculation exactly how long ago people began celebrating the holiday but it began at least a couple thousand years ago.

2. What are we dressing up for?

Halloween has a tradition of wearing scary costumes, which originates for the ancient Celts. In Halloween's origin, people believed that dressing like demons and other supernatural beings would confuse or ward them off.

3. Not the holiday for you?

There's a name for your deep hatred for Halloween - Samhainophobia. Samhainophobia is the medical term for a pathological fear of Halloween.
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