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Children bobbing for apples (Connect Images / Getty Images )

Why do we bob for apples?

Joy Saha
Thanksgiving Turkey balloon is seen during the 95th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 25, 2021 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

8 new floats & balloons at Macy's parade

Joy Saha
An employee of the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) shows a book with Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in Amsterdam, on November 12, 2020 - The library is removing books with traditional Zwarte Piet from the museum to a safe. (RAMON VAN FLYMEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Netherlands' changing blackface custom

Ayanna Thompson, Coen Heijes - The Conversation
Boy in skeleton costume holding bowl full of candies (Getty Images/mediaphotos)

Halloween's history

Regina Hansen - The Conversation
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FILE - In this March 21, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A divided Senate Judiciary Committee backed Gorsuch, Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump's judicial legacy

SUSANNAH JACOB - BillMoyers.com
Mexican Independence Day Event 2015, St. Louis. (Francis Rodriguez)

El Trumpo piñata

Antoaneta Roussi
(<a href='url to photographer'>VanderWolf Images</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
A table setting for the state dinner hosted by President Obama for Chinese President Hu Jintao.

HOWARD LAFRANCHI - Christian Science Monitor
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(Shutterstock)

Emily Lodish - GlobalPost
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