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===Halloween===
[[File:Greenwich Village Halloween Parade (6451249051).jpg|thumb|right|250px|The annual [[Greenwich Village Halloween Parade]] in [[Lower Manhattan|Lower]] [[Manhattan]] is the world's largest [[Halloween]] parade, with millions of spectators annually, and has its roots in [[LGBT culture in New York City|New York City's queer community]].]]
Autumn is associated with [[Halloween]] (influenced by [[Samhain]], a Celtic autumn festival),<ref name="ENC">{{cite web |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572079/Halloween.html |title=Halloween |work=[[Microsoft Encarta|Encarta]] |publisher=Microsoft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028170821/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572079/Halloween.html |archive-date=28 October 2009 |url-status=dead|access-date=20 June 2007 }}</ref> and with it a widespread marketing campaign that promotes it. The Celtic people also used this time to celebrate the [[harvest]] with a time of feasting. At the same time though, it was a celebration of death as well. Crops were harvested, livstock were butchered, and Winter was coming.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Halloween and the Autumn season {{!}} Arlington Heights Museum – News|url=https://www.ahmuseum.org/halloween-and-the-autumn-season/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=www.ahmuseum.org}}</ref>