The Bizarre, Retro and Everything Else: The History of Halloween and the Play Parties from the Colonial Days

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The History of Halloween and the Play Parties from the Colonial Days

In the United States, the celebration of Halloween was extremely limited in colonial New England because of the rigid Protestant belief systems there. Halloween was much more common in Maryland, Delaware, and the other southern colonies. As the beliefs and customs of different European ethnic groups... Sign in to see full entry.

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