It’s a holiday that’s changed immensely since its earliest days, and already, it has me thinking about what changes we might get in the coming years. What fascinated me the most was how the iconography of the day changed with time - how companies adopted the colors of orange and black that we associate with the day, not to mention the images of witches, black cats, and ghosts that seem like permanent fixtures. Morton first goes through the holiday’s origins as an agricultural event, its injection into the United States with Irish immigrants, and up through the modern day, as a celebration of all things pop culture and horror. Morton, a noted horror author, delves deeply into the origins of the holiday for a fun, fact-filled read. Wanting to learn more about it, I picked up Lisa Morton’s book Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween. Halloween has come and gone, but I’ve always been fascinated by the holiday.
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