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It’s also the season to learn more about the origins of the haunted holiday. Beyond the candy bowls and costumes ... has curiosity about scary monsters,” Williams tells TODAY.com.

Here’s a scary thought. Halloween, the nation’s second largest retail holiday after Christmas, is less than a month away. Time to come up with clever costumes for all your little monsters.