Saturday Halloween: Quick Facts

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Children in colorful Halloween costumes, including a witch and a pumpkin, excitedly choose candy from a bowl offered by an adult at a doorway, with adults smiling in the background.

Silhouetted figures in costumes and cloaks, some with antler headdresses, stand outdoors holding banners during a Samhain ceremony at sunset near Glastonbury Tor.

Shelves stocked with various Halloween candies, including Dum Dums, Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, and Snickers, displayed in orange boxes at a Walgreens store.

Pumpkin jack-o'-lantern carved for Halloween, lit from inside with candles.

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