Why Do We Celebrate Halloween?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Kids & Family, Language, Nature, Science

4.3 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Why do we celebrate Halloween? Who created this holiday? Where do pumpkins come from and why do we carve them? This week we're answering your Halloween questions with a professor of all kinds of scary and creepy things, Regina Hansen of Boston University.

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0:00.0	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids.
0:25.4	I'm Jan Lintholm.
0:27.2	This week things are getting a little bit spooky.
0:30.9	Not really, but we are going to be talking about Halloween.
0:34.1	Why do we celebrate Halloween?
0:37.2	Who invented Halloween?
0:40.2	Why do we make jackalanders?
0:42.8	In the United States and Canada, Halloween is a big deal.
0:47.0	Many kids and a lot of adults love it too.
0:49.8	It can be a lot of fun.
0:51.6	We do know that some of the stuff that goes along with Halloween can be scary for some kids.
0:56.8	There's a lot of talk of ghosts and monsters.
0:59.5	Some people like to watch scary movies.
1:02.4	People dress up in costumes and sometimes that can actually be a little unsettling too.
1:06.9	I want to let you know in advance that there's nothing scary in this episode of the podcast.
1:12.8	We're actually going to talk about how the Halloween we celebrate today, especially
1:17.1	in the US, got started.
1:19.6	It's a history show.
1:21.3	And we're doing that because those are the Halloween questions you have sent us.
1:25.4	A lot of you want to hear about the origins of this weird and sometimes silly holiday.
1:31.0	And to get some answers, we found someone who likes Halloween so much she wanted to study
1:36.4	it.
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