5 burning Halloween controversies

From religious dilemmas to witchy marketing flaps, here are some of this spooky season's most contentious issues

Some cities are adopting a 12-and-under age limit on trick-or-treaters this year.
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Halloween: It's a time of celebration, but also of egging, pranks, witchcraft, and general debauchery. Below, five controversies — some new, some just persistent — that are complicating the holiday this year:

1. A ban on teenagers

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