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Day: October 31, 2025

History Minute: Halloween
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History Minute: Halloween

Halloween is a day filled with excitement, charged with the spirit of adventure that makes childhood such a memorable time

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Back to the Roots: Skip the pumpkins, carve turnips
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Back to the Roots: Skip the pumpkins, carve turnips

Think your jack ‘o lantern is the creepiest one in town this Halloween? Until you’ve seen the grimace of a carved turnip curl into itself like a slowly dying witch, think again.

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How Halloween has changed in the past 100 years
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How Halloween has changed in the past 100 years

Halloween, or All Hallows’ Eve, is a holiday that has become celebrated by people dressing up in costumes, carving pumpkins, and satisfying sugar cravings

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America’s Halloween sweet tooth: 2025 candy and decor trends from Instacart data
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America’s Halloween sweet tooth: 2025 candy and decor trends from Instacart data

These days, Halloween doesn’t wait for October — the season seems to sneak up sooner and sooner

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Forgotten charms: 15 old-school Halloween traditions that are no longer practiced
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Forgotten charms: 15 old-school Halloween traditions that are no longer practiced

Nowadays, Halloween is a night synonymous with ghouls, gore, and scares—but not very long ago at all, it was a holiday for heart-eyed lovers looking for their spouses

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