An International Student’s Take on U.S. Halloween Costumes

An International Student’s Take on U.S. Halloween Costumes

Halloween is a celebration observed in a number of countries, including the U.S. In some parts of the world, people attend church services and light candles on the graves of the dead, although for the most part it remains a commercial and secular celebration. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, costume parties, carving pumpkins, lighting bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. More often than not, students on college campuses attend parties or…

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Things to Do on Halloween

Things to Do on Halloween

The leaves are beginning to change color, pumpkin spice has experienced its seasonal revival, and the thought of returning home for Thanksgiving Break has just begun to increase in appeal: these are some of the major signs of fall that are apparent on the Lake Forest College campus. But these factors are also symbolic of another approaching event: Halloween. It seems that Halloween is an almost perfectly-placed reprieve from the usually frantic academic calendar, giving…

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