Death Makes a Holiday
A Cultural History of Halloween
by David J. Skal
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"Using a mix of personal anecdotes and perceptive social analysis, Skal examines the amazing phenomenon of Halloween, exploring its dark Celtic history and illuminating why it has evolved - in the course of a few short generations - from a quaint small-scale celebration into the largest seasonal marketing event outside of Christmas."--BOOK JACKET.
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
April 2005, Diane Pub Co
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
October 1, 2003, Bloomsbury USA
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
September 21, 2002, Bloomsbury USA
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"ALL IT SAMHAIN, Summer's End, All Hallows' Eve, November Eve, or Witches' Night - Halloween has its essential roots in the terrors of the primitive mind, which made no distinction between the waning of the sun and the potential extinction of the self."
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