Halloween
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Halloween
Summary
Halloween is a holiday[1]. Halloween ranks in the top 1% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146,718 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Halloween's instance of is recorded as holiday[3].
- Halloween's instance of is recorded as vigil[4].
- Halloween was followed by All Saints' Day[5].
- Halloween is a type of observance[6].
- Halloween is a type of folklore[7].
- Halloween is a type of ritual[8].
- Halloween is a type of cultural anthropology[9].
- Halloween is part of Allhallowtide[10].
- Halloween's Commons category is recorded as Halloween[11].
- Halloween's country of origin is recorded as Ireland[12].
- Halloween comprises trick-or-treating[13].
- Halloween comprises jack-o'-lantern[14].
- Halloween comprises apple bobbing[15].
- Halloween's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as October 31[16].
- Halloween's foods traditionally associated is recorded as pumpkin[17].
- Halloween's foods traditionally associated is recorded as candy[18].
- Halloween's foods traditionally associated is recorded as pumpkin pie[19].
- Halloween's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Halloween[20].
- Halloween's Commons gallery is recorded as Halloween[21].
- Halloween's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Halloween[22].
- Halloween's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23].
- Halloween's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
- Halloween's different from is recorded as Halloween[25].
- Halloween's different from is recorded as Halloween[26].
- Halloween's different from is recorded as Halloween[27].
Body
Context
Halloween is part of Allhallowtide[10]. Recorded instance of include holiday[3] and vigil[4]. Halloween was followed by All Saints' Day[5].
Outcome and Impact
Things named for Halloween include Batman: The Long Halloween[28], a film in two parts[29], directed by Chris Palmer[30]; Halloween Gambit[31], a gambit[32]; and Halloween Massacre[33], a massacre[34], in Angola[35].
Why It Matters
Halloween ranks in the top 1% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146,718 views/month).[2] Halloween has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Halloween is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for Halloween include Batman: The Long Halloween[28], a film in two parts[29], directed by Chris Palmer[30]; Halloween Gambit[31], a gambit[32]; and Halloween Massacre[33], a massacre[34], in Angola[35].