The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In...
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A Halloween party at Frankenstein's Castle (a.k.a. Burg Frankenstein) just outside of Frankfurt, Germany, has been named the most terrifying...
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This year, I am going to let my son trick-or-treat alone with his friends. I will try, with all my might, to walk at least a block behind my...
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Halloween has become an entire season unto itself. A party marathon. A celebratory slog. I don't know when, exactly, this happened, but I do know that now, by...
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Blue pumpkin candy buckets are a symbol for autism awareness on Halloween. They're controversial, but as a mom to an autistic son,...
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Former MLB player Doug Glanville thought he'd devised a real treat for a costume contest. Turns out, the trick was on him.
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One approach that's sneaky but not in a pilfering way: Cut off the candy at its source by curtailing the amount of time your kids spend trick-or-treating in...
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I'm talking about illegal drugs and how they hurt people and how they hurt families, hurt kids, some of them just like you.
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I would hope that all Christians would think biblically and carefully about any holiday, any event, and how they might be salt and light in it.
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Not Your Mother's Halloween: Re-Paganizing and the Cult of Death in America. Alex Taylor. October 28, 2024.
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