Halloween
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Halloween is an annual celebration observed on October 31, characterized by costumes, trick-or-treating, spooky decorations, and themes of the supernatural and the macabre.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halloween canonical | 57 |
| All Hallows’ Eve | 2 |
| Halloween (film series) | 1 |
| Halloween (franchise) | 1 |
| Halloween festival | 1 |
| Hallowe’en | 1 |
| Hallowmas | 1 |
| “Halloween” | 1 |
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ holiday ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Halloween
ⓘ
surface form:
All Hallows’ Eve
Halloween ⓘ
surface form:
Hallowe’en
|
| associatedColor |
black
ⓘ
orange ⓘ purple ⓘ |
| associatedFood |
candy
ⓘ
candy corn ⓘ caramel apples ⓘ pumpkin-flavored foods ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
bonfires
ⓘ
costume parties ⓘ horror genre ⓘ pranks ⓘ urban legends ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
commercial holiday
ⓘ
major secular celebration in North America ⓘ |
| dateObserved | October 31 ⓘ |
| features |
costume wearing
ⓘ
door-to-door candy collection ⓘ themed entertainment events ⓘ |
| follows | All Hallows’ Day eve ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
attending costume parties
ⓘ
carving pumpkins ⓘ haunted attractions ⓘ jack-o’-lantern making ⓘ telling scary stories ⓘ trick-or-treating ⓘ watching horror films ⓘ wearing costumes ⓘ |
| hasDecorationType |
fake cobwebs
ⓘ
orange and black lights ⓘ skulls ⓘ spooky decorations ⓘ tombstones ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Celtic festival Samhain ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
bat
ⓘ
black cat ⓘ ghost ⓘ jack-o’-lantern ⓘ pumpkin ⓘ skeleton ⓘ spider ⓘ witch ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
ⓘ
horror ⓘ macabre ⓘ mischief ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Allhallowtide
ⓘ
All Saints’ Day ⓘ
surface form:
Christian All Hallows’ Day
|
| observedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ Mexico ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
many other countries ⓘ |
| timeOfYear |
autumn
ⓘ
fall season ⓘ |
| typicalParticipants |
adults
ⓘ
children ⓘ |
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
All Hallows’ Eve
subject surface form:
John Tate
this entity surface form:
Halloween (film series)
this entity surface form:
All Hallows’ Eve
this entity surface form:
Hallowe’en
this entity surface form:
Halloween festival
this entity surface form:
Hallowmas
this entity surface form:
Halloween (franchise)
subject surface form:
Halloween (Part 1)
subject surface form:
Halloween (Part 2)
subject surface form:
Snoopy