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\nHalloween was not always a holiday of candy, costumes, and parties. Its history stretches back almost two thousand years. But what is this history? And what extent can we call Halloween a Christian holiday...if at all? \nHalloween was not always a holiday of candy, costumes, and parties. Its history stretches back almost two thousand years. But what is this history? And what extent can we call Halloween a Christian holiday...if at all? \n
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12th - Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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2016
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halloween, historical context, western europe, europe, rituals, traditions
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