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What Fresh Hell is Halloween?


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How has Halloween become a days-long, massively involved and expensive holiday? What happened to the good old days of stumbling around the neighborhood in a Barbie mask you could barely breathe in with a pillowcase full of candy? Here's how Halloween went from just spooky to spooky consumerist.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

  • How Halloween has lost its truly spooky nature over the years
  • The origins of the Switch Witch
  • Their favorite Halloween costumes growing up

  • Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

    • Paige Pickett for Kids Out and About: Mom Saves Halloween for her Son with the Switch Witch
    • Primary Kids' Costumes
    • Melissa Willets for Parents Magazine: Is the Switch Witch Brewing Up Some Controversy This Halloween?
    • Maura Judkis for Boston.com: With huge skeletons, the yard-decorating arms race heats up
    • Lori Ferraro for LikeTotally80s.com: The Mask Makes It - Halloween Costumes of the 1980s
    • National Retail Federation: Halloween Spending to Reach Record $12.2 Billion as Participation Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Levels
    • Kurt Andersen: FANTASYLAND - How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
    • Marianna Cerini for CNN Style: From pagan spirits to Wonder Woman: A brief history of the Halloween costume
    • Charles Moss for Slate: How Ben Cooper Changed Halloween Forever

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