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Guide · 4 min readHistory of Halloween: From Samhain to Trick-or-TreatWhere Halloween comes from: the Celtic festival of Samhain, All Hallows' Eve, turnip lanterns, souling and guising, and how the customs reached America. Guide · 5 min readHistory of Thanksgiving: From the 1621 Harvest to TodayHow a 1621 harvest feast at Plymouth became a national holiday: the Wampanoag guests, Sarah Josepha Hale, Lincoln's 1863 proclamation and the 1941 law.

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