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Trick or Treat (Electronic book text)
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Trick or Treat (Electronic book text)
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Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed
as witches, demons, animals, celebrities, and more. They carve
pumpkins and play pranks, and the braver ones watch scary movies
and go on ghost tours. There are parades, fireworks displays,
cornfield mazes, and haunted houses--and, most important, copious
amounts of bite-sized candy. The popularity of Halloween has spread
around the globe to places as diverse as Russia, China, and Japan,
but its association with death and the supernatural and its
inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most
misunderstood holidays. How did it become what it is today? In
"Trick or Treat," Halloween aficionado Lisa Morton provides a
thorough history of this spooky day. She begins by looking at how
holidays like the Celtic Samhain, a Gaelic harvest festival, have
blended with the British Guy Fawkes Day and the Catholic All Souls'
Day to produce the modern Halloween, and she explains how the
holiday was reborn in America, where costumes and trick-or-treat
rituals have become new customs. Morton takes into account the
influence of related but independent holidays, especially the
Mexican Day of the Dead, as well as the explosion in popularity of
haunted attractions and the impact of such events as 9/11 and the
economic recession on the celebration today. "Trick or Treat" also
examines the effect Halloween has had on popular culture through
the literary works of Washington Irving and Ray Bradbury, films
like "Halloween "and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and
television shows such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "The
Simpsons." Considering the holiday in the context of its worldwide
popularity for the first time, this book will be a treat for any
Halloween lover.
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