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Lots of bloggers are posting histories of Halloween today. Here’s a small sample, ranging from the Christian to the Socialist, from the synthetic to the sarcastic:
Late Update (Halloween Bonus): It’s not a history of the holiday so it doesn’t fit with the other links, but Syd Lexia’s history of McDonald’s Halloween “Happy Pails” is too good to pass up.
Tags: Food & Drink · Holidays
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1 Jamie Arpin-Ricci // Oct 31, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Thanks for the shout out. As a Christian, I am embarrassed at how many shallow and totally false histories are put forth on this topic. Alas!
Peace,
Jamie
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