Halloween

Summary

Halloween is a holiday^[1]. Halloween ranks in the top 1% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,459 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 part of Allhallowtide^[6].
• Halloween's Commons category is recorded as Halloween^[7].
• Halloween's country of origin is recorded as Ireland^[8].
• Halloween comprises trick-or-treating^[9].
• Halloween comprises jack-o'-lantern^[10].
• Halloween comprises apple bobbing^[11].
• Halloween's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as October 31^[12].
• Halloween's foods traditionally associated is recorded as pumpkin^[13].
• Halloween's foods traditionally associated is recorded as candy^[14].
• Halloween's foods traditionally associated is recorded as pumpkin pie^[15].
• Halloween's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Halloween^[16].
• Halloween's Commons gallery is recorded as Halloween^[17].
• Halloween's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Halloween^[18].
• Halloween's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Halloween's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Halloween's different from is recorded as Halloween^[21].
• Halloween's different from is recorded as Halloween^[22].
• Halloween's different from is recorded as Halloween^[23].
• Halloween's different from is recorded as Halloween^[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^[6]. 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 (6,459 views/month).^[2] Halloween has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Halloween is known by 35 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].