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Badge of the Month | October 2022
Question: What was your favorite spooky movie or TV show to watch in 2022? Alternatively, what was your favorite spooky book that you read in 2022?
It’s officially spooky season! Do you love a good scare in the fall? Or, do you avoid all things scary? One of our favorite ways to celebrate Halloween and spooky season is to watch frightening movies and read scary books. We want to know about your favorite spooky books, movies, and TV shows, (even if they aren’t that frightening) from this year. Tell us all about your fall favorites so we can watch / read them and dive into the season!
When I moved to Germany (many, many) years ago, no one knew what Halloween was, and I had to explain it to people. Now, Halloween parties are all the rage. Amazing and bewildering how it has caught on. Personally, not a big fan of the holiday as an adult, but for kids, it can be fun. 
With Halloween seemingly having its roots in paganism and early (Irish/Scottish) Christianity, it only became popular in the Netherlands in the last decade or so along with other fads like Valentines Day that blew over from the US. Apart from the spooky aspect, a key activity is kids going door to door to collect sweets. Which the Dutch children traditionally do on November 11th as part of Sint Martin's Day where they carry a lantern and sing songs in return for candy. 
and not a pumpkin, but I am just going with it!)
