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Isn’t it interesting that just two decades ago a lot of people in Hungary would have been surprised if you had invited them to a Halloween party...

Of course, we had heard the word and knew, mostly from American movies, that it had something to do with scary costumes and children going from door to door but it was only in the first few years of the 21st century that carved pumpkin lanterns, jack-o-lanterns started to appear at the front doors and on windowsills in Hungary, as a more and more common phenomenon.

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In case you get a one-million-dollar question tonight about the history of Halloween, you’d better dive into the origin and the background of this spooky and mysterious tradition:

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Ancient Origins of Halloween
|| All Saints' Day
|| Halloween Comes to America
|| History of Trick-or-Treating
|| All Souls Day and Soul Cakes
|| Black Cats and Ghosts
|| Halloween Matchmaking and Lesser-Known Rituals

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and more awaits you if you click on the link below:

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https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween

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