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Why are we celebrating Halloween, baby showers and other non-traditional festivals?

It was mesmerising to see banners advertising Halloween in October. More amusing was finding Halloween paraphernalia on sale in supermarkets.

Noted how baby showers have become common, never mind they happen before birth? Traditionally, we celebrated the birth of a child, not the anticipation.

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