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How Halloween Became an American Tradition
Read the storyHow immigration, Samhain, Allhallowtide, pumpkins and twentieth-century celebrations helped shape American Halloween.
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James was twelve years old and just starting to get into girls. He really liked Anna Johnson even though she thought he was a little creep. He didn’t know why but he was always trying to impress her, just the same. Halloween was around the…
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