Halloween, ‘harvest festival’ or nothing at all? At local schools, celebrations are all over the map

Some schools are all in for Halloween, with parades, classroom parties, and costume contests. But others have chosen to downplay the holiday, either skipping celebrations or hosting “harvest festivals” or alternate parties, in a nod to students who don’t mark Oct. 31 as anything special. 
Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 30, 2018
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