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According to the internet, which clearly doesn't lie,

spooky season is a slang term referring to the period leading up to Halloween.

Cooler weather, leaves changing, pumpkin carving, haunted houses,

scary movies, and scarier mask. The human fascination with disguise can be traced back thousands of years. The ancient Celtic festival of Sawin is where it all started.

People would wear disguises to ward off spirits.

These would be made of animal heads or skins, like the show yellow jackets.

They did not want to be recognized by the boogers.

In medieval traditions, people wore them to portray angels, sex, They did not want to be recognized by the boogers.

In medieval traditions, people wore them to portray angels, saints, or demons, and participated

in souling, which is what laid the groundwork for trick-or-treating.

These masks were simple, made from fabric and leather. The Victorian era sucked us into the macabre and gothic.

These were elaborate masks, folklore, and literature,

ghosts and goblins and witches,

masquerade balls, and costume parties.

Think the movie Labyrinth. They were homemade, showing the creativity of their

makers, and this set the stage for what we have now. The 20th century saw the mass production

of rubber and plastic masks that we wear today. They were affordable and mass produced. Movies, pop culture, comic books,

and television characters, and monsters. Both kids and adults went nuts for these masks. Can you name

the two most iconic masks? Halloween and scream? Yep. When you wear a mask, you can transform

into something else almost instantly. You can become something otherworldly, supernatural,

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