Halloween’s Ancient Origins Took Modern Form In U.S.

By  //  October 31, 2014

more than just costumes and candy

Halloween-Kids_180ABOVE VIDEO: Halloween is the season for little ghosts and goblins to take to the streets, asking for candy and scaring one another silly. Spooky stories are told around fires, scary movies appear in theaters and pumpkins are expertly (and not-so-expertly) carved into jack-o’-lanterns. 

Amid all the commercialism, haunted houses and bogus warnings about razors in apples, the origins of Halloween are often overlooked.

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Yet Halloween is much more than just costumes and candy; in fact, the holiday has a rich and interesting history.