<P> The yearly New York Halloween Parade, begun in 1974 by puppeteer and mask maker Ralph Lee of Greenwich Village, is the world's largest Halloween parade and one of America's only major nighttime parades (along with Portland's Starlight Parade), attracting more than 60,000 costumed participants, two million spectators, and a worldwide television audience of over 100 million . </P> <P> Eddie J. Smith, in his book Halloween, Hallowed is Thy Name, offers a religious perspective to the wearing of costumes on All Hallows' Eve, suggesting that by dressing up as creatures "who at one time caused us to fear and tremble", people are able to poke fun at Satan "whose kingdom has been plundered by our Saviour". Images of skeletons and the dead are traditional decorations used as memento mori . </P> <P> "Trick - or - Treat for UNICEF" is a fundraising program to support UNICEF, a United Nations Programme that provides humanitarian aid to children in developing countries . Started as a local event in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood in 1950 and expanded nationally in 1952, the program involves the distribution of small boxes by schools (or in modern times, corporate sponsors like Hallmark, at their licensed stores) to trick - or - treaters, in which they can solicit small - change donations from the houses they visit . It is estimated that children have collected more than $118 million for UNICEF since its inception . In Canada, in 2006, UNICEF decided to discontinue their Halloween collection boxes, citing safety and administrative concerns; after consultation with schools, they instead redesigned the program . </P> <P> There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween . Some of these games originated as divination rituals or ways of foretelling one's future, especially regarding death, marriage and children . During the Middle Ages, these rituals were done by a "rare few" in rural communities as they were considered to be "deadly serious" practices . In recent centuries, these divination games have been "a common feature of the household festivities" in Ireland and Britain . They often involve apples and hazelnuts . In Celtic mythology, apples were strongly associated with the Otherworld and immortality, while hazelnuts were associated with divine wisdom . Some also suggest that they derive from Roman practices in celebration of Pomona . </P>

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