Along with its gorgeous colors and fresh, crisp air, October ushers in a season of magic and generosity. Pumpkins become jack-o’-lanterns and then crunchy movie snacks. Neighborhoods host lively, chattering bunches of children, encouraged to taunt in the sweetest, most polite way. Black cats spiffy up their fur and walk with pride and winking whiskers. [...]
Some holidays need a whole season. They swell with such sweetness and ingenuity, magic and mischief, community spirit and love that they burst beyond their allotted day and spread those good feelings through weeks and even a whole month. Halloween is like that in our neck of the woods, a celebration of kindness, childhood and [...]
On a rather blustery day, when the wind was lashing lustily and the trees were thrashing thrustily and the leaves were rustling gustily, we visited with the most wonderful collection of Tiggers, princesses, aliens, butterflies, zombies, ghostbusters and pirates. It was a magical Halloween, indeed. You guys! A tiny trio of Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney [...]
The Magic Hallmark House has outdone itself this Halloween season, and that’s not easy to do. Brian Kemp and his husband Mark Romanowski-Kemp put together an astonishing display that celebrates Home! Hollywood! and Halloween! With painstaking detail, they turned their corner into an MGM lot with their ode to the Wizard of Oz. "Mark came [...]
If you want to experience the best parts of Halloween -- creativity, spookiness, community and fun -- stoll past the Munns' house on an October evening. You'll find an homage to almost every Halloween tale in a home packed from roof to floor with clever creepiness including Chucky, Jason and a girl on a swing [...]