HOLIDAYS

The hypes that took over America every holiday season, one decade at a time.

Published episodes

Halloween · 1980s

10 Hypes of Halloween in the 1980s

From McDonald’s pumpkin pails and plastic-mask costumes to Thriller and the candy scare, these ten hypes capture how Halloween in the 1980s grew bigger, louder, and more unsettling.

Halloween · 1990s

10 Hypes of Halloween in the 1990s

From hard-to-find Power Rangers costumes to Goosebumps books flying off the shelves, these ten Halloween hypes made October unforgettable for American kids in the 1990s.