Halloween Happenings, Spooky Celebrations, and Frightful Fun

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Small But Mighty Media

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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10 Things You Need to Know 1. Halloween Around the World 🎉 2. One Big Spooky Spectacle 🎃 3. A Boo Moon 🌕 4. Halloween isn't all Tricks and Treats 😱 5. Behind Bobbing for Apples 🍎 6. Haunted Halls 👻 7. Halloween at the White House 🍬 8. Smashing the Pumpkin Smashing Record 🤯 9. The City of Halloween 🧐 10. The U.S. Pumpkin Capital 🇺🇸

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0:00.0	Trick or treat! Trick or treat?
0:06.0	Nope. Not yet, Rye.
0:08.0	Okay. Uh, how about now?
0:10.0	Trick-a-tree!
0:11.0	Still no Rye. Halloween is in less than 24 hours.
0:15.0	Can't we start celebrating it now?
0:18.0	Well, I guess we could start celebrating early. Also, you seem a little hyper. Have you
0:25.2	been eating candy this morning? Yes, yes, yes to everything. Because I'm Ryan Willard. And I'm Pamela Kirkland.
0:32.4	It's Thursday, October 30th.
0:35.9	This is 10 spooky things you need to know about Halloween.
0:40.8	10.
0:41.1	9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
0:46.7	Happy almost Halloween, 10ers.
0:49.1	It's that time of year to put on your spookiest costume and head out for trick-or-treating.
0:54.1	At least that's what we do here in the United States.
0:57.2	But what about the rest of the world?
0:59.1	How do they celebrate?
1:00.6	Well, in countries like Mexico, kids also go trick-or-treating.
1:06.1	But they also get ready for another celebration called Dia de los Mueros, or Day of the Dead,
1:12.1	that takes place from November 1st to the 2nd.
1:15.0	Observers say that during this time, deceased loved ones spirits reunite with their still-loving family.
1:21.1	How cool is that?
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