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Wiccans celebrating Samhain
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The scary story behind “trick or treat”
Why do people carve pumpkins for Halloween?
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The thousand-year-old history of Halloween
Halloween has roots in the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain, which was observed...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The scary story behind “trick or treat”
Don't even get us started on the history of candy corn.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Why do people carve pumpkins for Halloween?
Learn how the pumpkin became a symbol of Halloween.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Wiccans celebrating Samhain
Practitioners of Wicca, the largest modern Pagan religion, celebrating Samhain, in...
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