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Videos

The thousand-year-old history of Halloween
Halloween has roots in the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain, which was observed...
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Why do people carve pumpkins for Halloween?
Learn how the pumpkin became a symbol of Halloween.
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.

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Jack-o'-lantern.
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Halloween: jack-o'-lantern
A pumpkin carved for Halloween.
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