Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Evolution of Halloween

Next to Christmas, Halloween should be a child's favorite holiday. They get to dress up as anything in the world and get to show it off while getting free candy! How could it get any better? However, these past couple of years I have felt as if the number of children I get at my door have drastically decreased. So, I looked up an article by Jeff Wilkin called, "Tricks, treats, and the evolution of Halloween fun." This article discusses what Halloween was like in the 1930's and how it is today. He also shows a few quotes about people's Halloween's experiences these past few years.

This article mostly educates. It informs people on how different Halloween is today compared to the past. An example of the way the author educates is when Wilkin says, " The streets really became crowded after World War II. With rationing over, mass-produced candy was in abundance for kids masquerading as witches, tramps, ghosts, and cowboys." This articles educated me about when Halloween really became popular. 

If interested in Halloween, this may be a fun little article to read to learn more, not only about today's trick-or-treating, but the 1930's as well.

http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2016/oct/23/treats/
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3 comments:

  1. MarieNovember 4, 2016 at 12:36 PM

    This article and blog post were really cool. I like how you set up your blog.

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  2. UnknownNovember 8, 2016 at 9:21 AM

    This article was very interesting, I never knew there was so much history behind Halloween.

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  3. UnknownNovember 9, 2016 at 4:21 PM

    It's pretty interesting how Trick or Treating became more popular after World War II. The tradition seemed to always be there, I never put much thought into when and how it all started. Great article!

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