If you think candy is the only unhealthy element of Halloween, consider this: Halloween is one of the top three major nights for dangerous binge drinking, along with New Year's Eve and St.

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Mr. ALMOND: I think Halloween is this fabulous ritual in which you kind of get what I call freak amnesty.

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Halloween is fun, and this former Sookie Stackhouse, Lara Croft, and Xena Warrior Princess has no right to take anyone to task for their Halloween spending habits.

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This will make an excellent costume now that Halloween is approaching and everyone I know seems to eat at Burger King on a regular basis.

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Jamie Lee Curtis' final girl in 1978's Halloween is the most brazen example of this--much is made of her androgyny and undateability.

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There are, of course, no guarantees that this Halloween boomlet will continue and no assurances that the worst is over.

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It is a month when margin sales are lower as stores promote heavy clearance discounts to make way for holiday products, so the most reliable forecast we might get from a look at the sales data is whether Snooki beat a zombie for most popular Halloween costume this year.

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My guess is that we will all be finishing second tax season on Halloween this year.

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In Ireland this time of year is Samhain (sow-wain), in America, we call it Halloween and in Latin America, El Dia DeL Muerto, The Day of the Dead.

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If you still don't want your kids canvassing the neighborhood, or they won't be able to because rain is forecast for your area on October 31, you might enjoy planning your children's Halloween party this year.

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