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    10 Ways to Have a Great Halloween! For most of us‚ Halloween is a scream! Haunted houses‚ creative costumes‚ scary-themed parties‚ and plenty of candy‚ usually makes for a familiar and fun evening. If you’re looking for some other impressive ways to enjoy Halloween though‚ either on October 31 or the weekend before‚ check these out: 1. Fright Nights at the PNE: Perfect for teens‚ Playland’s Halloween extravaganza includes 8 haunted houses‚ 20 scary rides‚ and live performances. This is great for

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    Movie Critic Katy Norris HUM/150 November 10‚ 2014 Lori Martindale Movie Critic The Nightmare Before Christmas is a children’s stop motion movie which was directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton. The plot of the movie is based on the poem written by Tim Burton in 1982. The movie was released in 1993 by Touchstone Pictures and distributed in the United States. I was nine years when I first saw this movie in theaters and even now this movie continues to entertain me. During this film’s

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    like the mix of Halloween and Christmas? Some believe that the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is more of a Halloween movie‚ and others believe that it is more of a Christmas movie. I believe that it is more of a Christmas. The first piece of evidence that I have is that the song “What’s This?” This song is all about how he is questioning Christmas Town and mentions stuff about Christmas like snow‚ decorations‚ and more. Plus the song talks about the meaning of Christmas a little bit. The

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    Humorous Halloween Has there ever been a memory/moment in your life‚ when every time you think back on it you laugh to yourself? These are (in my opinion) the best memoirs/moments you can have‚ granted you may look like a weirdo laughing to yourself‚ but it’s worth it. For these memories/moments I have this little mental list that I call my “laugh to yourself list”. Well I have one these memories/moments that is at the top of my “laugh to yourself list” and here it is. It was the Halloween of 2015

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    When looking at the movie cover of Halloween‚ you first feel terror. The fire‚ masked figure‚ and apparent suffering in the still images make you naturally feel uneasy. You are then drawn to the caption‚ Evil Has a Destiny. If you weren’t feeling uneasy already‚ this caption should do it. It brings up questions and makes you want to know the answer. This visual is effective in instilling a feeling of mystery‚ it does this through not showing the face of the figure‚ scrambling scenes from the movie

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    and delivers a far more interesting and experience than the short story. I enjoyed reading the short story‚ I have to admit‚ the story was pretty scary‚ the mood and tone the author used made me feel like I was reading this on a dark and rainy Halloween night. I think the author did a very good job setting the mood of the story in the first couple lines. The first line states “Overnight it has been raining”‚ rain usually applies a dull‚ sad and scary mood. The author chooses the mother and the 5-year-old

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    critique is Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. The story is an animated musical that puts in a world where Halloween is always celebrated but also gives you a brighter side of the joy in the Christmas holiday. Although the movie is not directed by Tim Burton‚ Henry Selick brings an animated holiday musical to the big screen. Unlike other holiday movies like Rudolph the Red nose reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. The Nightmare before Christmas has a wide variety of misfit characters and scenarios

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    In these articles many people believe that haunted houses are a part of why halloween is so popular. Over 1‚200 professional haunted houses are being operated and 300 theme parks as well. Many of these haunted houses are very popular because people just like a good scare and it’s fun‚ it has been a tradition for a long time‚ and haunted houses make a lot of money. To begin‚ many people like a good scare. The people pay good money to be scared‚ they like the thrill of the clowns and scary people

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    The year was 1984 and Halloween night. There was three boys‚ Tommy‚ Joey‚ and Bill. After a long night of trick or treating and receiving a million full size candy bars they get a dare. The dare is to enter the most feared and scary house in the neighborhood. The town was a small town with only a few neighborhoods and a couple schools. The house was very rundown as it lost all its color and every plant and tree is dead. There is often shadows seen and noises heard from an old man and even screams

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    PASTOR (PART 3) (THE DECEPTIONS OF CHRISTMAS) Christmas has been with us for a very long time‚ but NOT as long as some think. Many mistakenly believe that the Christian churches have been celebrating Christmas since the church started on the Day of Pentecost. The truth is‚ for the first 400 - 500 years of Christianity there is no mention made of a celebration centering around the "birth" of Jesus. The early church DID NOT observe what we know today as Christmas. It wasn’t until well into the 4th

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