What happened to Halloween? I mean the Halloween of ghosts and witches, Batman and Robin, devils and fire breathers, and good clean fun? I mean the sense of neighborhood and community, of childhood and innocence, of a special night for kids?

It's been years since the first needles were found in Halloween candies, and we all learned to buy the obsessively packaged stuff and sift through our kids' bags to make sure the treats really were that.

It's been almost as long since I lear ...

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