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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Halloween is on the horizon — the scariest day of the year — and with it comes plenty of ghosts and goblins, and spooky, scary, skeletons and creepy characters.

And what about pumpkin spice everything — in just about everything?

Though celebrating Halloween has changed dramatically over the last 100 years — and morphed into a huge holiday celebration where folks dress up wildly and decorate their homes spectacularly — one thing will always remain the same: Halloween brings out the kid in all of us

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