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Siblings share how their circus performer parents made their first Halloween magical

NPR | By Jey Born

Published October 30, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

For StoryCorps, two siblings reminisce about travels with their parents, who were circus performers, and the Halloween night they discovered trick-or-treating.

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