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My favorite Halloween decoration is simple (and easy to make)
My Halloween decorating may seem a bit over-the-top to some muggles. Around the autumn equinox each year, I start transforming our fireplace into a witch’s hearth, complete with potion bottles, a spooky skull,…
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The Little Witch (2018): Witchy movies to get you in the Halloween spirit
My father-in-law, “Poppy,” grew up with a rule the whole family jokes about whenever his grandkids open new toys for Christmas or birthdays. When Poppy was a kid, his mom would make him…
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High Spirits (1988): Halloween movies to get you in the spirit
Halloween can make you horny for ghosts. That’s probably the easiest takeaway from “High Spirits,” the bizarre rom-com from 1988 that bombed at the box office and with critics. The director, Neil Jordan,…
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Halloweentown (1998): Witchy movies to get you in the spirit
I still can’t believe I first learned of “Halloweentown” in the year 2019, more than 20 years since it debuted on the Disney Channel. Apparently it’s a classic with anyone who watched the…
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She-Devil (1989): Witchy movies to get you in the Halloween spirit
It’s the end of August, and Starbucks has *already* released the pumpkin spice … so let’s start counting down to Halloween, shall we? Movies help get me in the spirit, so I’m going…
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How to decorate for a socially distanced Halloween
I know it’s only August, but I’m already thinking about Halloween. Not only was I married on Oct. 31, but I decorate the house with the same gusto that many of us reserve…
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Why I’m blogging
Life is circular, and this is certainly true with the birth of this website. This steamy summer, more than 20 years after I saw the movie “Practical Magic,” I finally read the sometimes-steamy…
