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The Deep History Lurking Behind Halloween

Oct 25 2022
By Kyle Smith, author of Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of ChristianityEvery October 31, when the pumpkins and black cats emerge, we hear that Halloween owes its origins to Samhain, the old Celtic harvest holiday when the veil separating the living and dead thins enough to be permeable. A
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