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History of Halloween – American holidays

By |2018-10-02T10:13:05+00:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|

History of Halloween: Pumpkins growing When did Halloween get started? Halloween is a pretty new holiday - American children didn't start trick-or-treating on Halloween until about eighty years ago. Halloween is a combination of several different holiday traditions: Native American ones, Irish ones, and old Roman ones. What about Thanksgiving? More American holidays [...]

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