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Why has Halloween become so popular among adults?

  • Written by Linus Owens, Associate Professor of Sociology, Middlebury College

Halloween used to be kid stuff. To quit dressing up was an important rite of passage. It meant you were one step closer to becoming an adult.

Not anymore. Today adults have become avid Halloween revelers, especially young adults.

By 2005, just over half of adults celebrated Halloween. Today, that number has grown to over 70 percent. Those between...

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