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How Halloween Works
URL: http://home.howstuffworks.com/holidays/halloween.htm

Description:
Background about where Halloween customs and traditions come from. Topics include Celtic roots (Samhain) and Christian roots (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day), trick-or-treating, jack-o'-lanterns, bobbing for apples, and costumes. Also includes links to related material on how to carve a pumpkin, how to throw a Halloween party, how light sticks work, and more. From HowStuffWorks.

LII Topics: Halloween, Holidays and Observances Individually

Author:
Harris, Tom

Publisher:
HowStuffWorks, Inc.

LII Database Information:
Record 24688 created by Maria Brandt on 10/10/2007
Last modification on 10/16/2009
Published: 10/17/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24688

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