Halloween's growing cultural footprint: What exactly are we celebrating?

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Halloween's growing cultural footprint: What exactly are we celebrating?
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Every year, Halloween gets bigger, earlier and creepier.

The box stores and folksy places like Cracker Barrel begin adding witch-themed stuff to their inventory in late August.

At Christmas, it’s the birth of a savior, goodwill toward men and the ultimate triumph of good over evil. God wins, the devil loses. Souls are won. Heaven and earth rejoice.Before you tune out, saying, “Come on, lighten up and have a little fun,” please read on.When I was a child, I did my best to get the biggest candy haul I could. Now, we put out a pumpkin, hand out candy and enjoy seeing unbelievably cute little Taylor Swifts and pint-sized Spider-Men.

“If I fake it, then I don’t have it,” Bob answers. “You know, it’s the same with the cardiac arrest.” This could also help explain Hollywood’s fascination with evil and its lucrative outpouring of horror movies. Joking about murder and mayhem makes them less scary — usually. With the rise of artificial intelligence, fake news, internet porn, video game violence and drug abuse, the line between reality and fantasy is getting thinner by the day. It’s almost as if someone out there wants to sow as much uncertainty as possible.

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