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Why Do We Celebrate Halloween?
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Trick or treat!
Pumpkin jack-o'-lantern carved for Halloween, lit from inside with candles.
Bag of Halloween candies spilled from an orange bag.
Cartoon haunted house with cobwebs and broken windows, surrounded by jack-o-lanterns, bats, and ghosts. Quiz sections include Jack-o-lantern history, Trick-or-treating, Costumes and disguises, Modern Halloween, and Samhain and early Halloween. Text at the top reads Escape the haunted history.
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Why Do We Celebrate Halloween?: Media

Besides the candy, of course.
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Videos

The Thousand-Year History of Halloween
Learn about Halloween's connection to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.
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The Scary Story Behind “Trick or Treat”
Learn about one version of the history of trick or treat by watching this video....
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Trick or treat!
Children and their parents trick-or-treating for Halloween.
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Interactives

Britannica's haunted house: Escape the haunted history
Test your knowledge of spooky traditions with this interactive Halloween history...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.