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How was Halloween invented? Once a Celtic pagan tradition, the holiday has evolved to let kids and adults try on new identities

  • Written by Linus Owens, Associate Professor of Sociology, Middlebury
How was Halloween invented? Once a Celtic pagan tradition, the holiday has evolved to let kids and adults try on new identitiesKindergarten students in 1952 race out of school in Los Angeles, eager to celebrate Halloween.Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty ImagesHow was Halloween invented? Once a Celtic pagan tradition, the holiday has evolved to let kids and adults try on new identities

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