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Halloween at Home: Just 1 in 10 Plan to Trick or Treat

Halloween will see only 1 in 10 braving the elements to trick or treat this year. Survey respondents of MyMerryChristmas.com’s annual survey of holidays said that long before the CDC recommended folks forego the door-to-door tradition this…
Richard Elliott

The Perfect Halloween Mood Setter

Bach's Toccata in D Minor might not be known by name for those who don't follow classical music but it's signature sound is recognizable by millions as being associated with suspense, terror and especially Halloween. Here it is in spooky splendor…
Christmas and death

Christmas Connection with the Dead

Many limit the Christmas connection with the dead as merely something from the imagination of Charles Dickens. As Scrooge is haunted by Marley he encounters many of the dead from his family and youth – and that has a huge connection to…
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Great Debates: Is Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas Movie?

It is one of those Christmas debates that just did not exist a generation ago: is the 1993 stop motion animated classic Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas movie...or a Halloween movie? The clever movie does little to settle the question…
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The Connection Between Halloween and Christmas

By B. Francis Morlan Imagine this: holiday celebrants by the hundreds take to the streets wearing all manner of costumes and masks, going door to door seeking treats in a yearly ritual of fun and frivolity. Halloween, right? Nope -- it's…
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Halloween: What’s the Point?

I don't get Halloween. Ok, so there isn't a seven-year-old kid alive who doesn't like to dress up. And getting free candy door-to-door is an idea whose appeal is clear to see. But what's the point? When you think of Thanksgiving there is…