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Black cats and bless yous
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Having owned a black cat for years, walked under my fair share of ladders and knocked on wood more times that I can count I am very much aware of how ingrained certain superstitions...
Simpler times
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It’s funny how the way you experience a holiday when you’re young is different than how you experience it later in life, like how Halloween takes on different meanings for different age groups.
When you...
Trick-or-donate
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Halloween is the time of year to dress up, go out and have fun — and get scared senseless! As the years go by and you get older, it feels as though that rush...
Lagace’s Costume Corner
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Halloween parties are fun. What isn’t fun is realizing hours before heading out to a party that you forgot to figure what costume you were going to wear. Whether you fail at reading calendars,...
The house by the lake
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Once upon a time there was a seven-year-old boy named Simon. He had just moved into an old house by a lake. One day Simon and his sister were walking by the water; the...
Vampire movies that don’t suck
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Let the Right One In (2008)
There is an American version — called Let Me In — of this Swedish film, but if you don’t mind the subtitles the original is definitely the way to...
Costumed couples
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When a girl dresses as a Barbie for Halloween, males and females alike understand that, however fabulous Barbie may look in her tiny outfit, this is just a tacky costume. When a boy is...

