1.0Raise the Hornshttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/panmankeyJason Mankeyhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/panmankey/author/jmankey/How America Helped Invent the Modern Halloweenrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M5xElNe1Qv"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/panmankey/2016/10/halloween-as-an-american-holiday/">How America Helped Invent the Modern Halloween</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/panmankey/2016/10/halloween-as-an-american-holiday/embed/#?secret=M5xElNe1Qv" width="600" height="338" title="“How America Helped Invent the Modern Halloween” — Raise the Horns" data-secret="M5xElNe1Qv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/212/2016/10/John_Quidor_-_The_Headless_Horseman_Pursuing_Ichabod_Crane_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg550300Halloween began in the British Isles but many of its most hallowed traditions emerged in North America, and it's current world-wide popularity can very much be attributed to how popular the holiday has become in the United States. It's not an American holiday in the traditional sense but it's one we helped to shape and popularize.