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
Kindergarten students in 1952 race out of school in Los Angeles, eager to celebrate Halloween.Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images
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How was Halloween invented? –...