Apply soon, Halloween lovers, to play a festive part in this famous Anaheim parade Take the Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade, a gleeful and not-too-ghoulish gathering on the local calendar. The effervescent October extravaganza has several notable figures and floats, including one that features Andy Anaheim, the adorable ant mascot that has long been synonymous with the playful procession. 06/7/2024 - 4:17 am | View Link
Halloween Sugar Cookies I've been making these Halloween sugar cookies for about 40 years—first for my children and now my grandchildren and all their friends, too. I make about 20 trays a year to give away to trick-or-treaters. 06/6/2024 - 11:07 am | View Link
Lowe’s Halloween Decor is Here—and the Internet Has Thoughts Lowe's is skipping right over the summer holidays and has already started preparing for Halloween. The home improvement store added over two dozen sinister and unearthly new decorations to its stock at the start of the month, and days later, the brand teased the collection online. 06/6/2024 - 8:58 am | View Link
Unsolved Ohio: Elderly woman who vanished on Halloween night in 1961 still not found On the evening of Halloween in 1961, an elderly woman vanished without a trace. Despite rumors circulating of her being fed to pigs or kidnapped for ransom, her family is still searching for remains so they can lay her to rest. 06/5/2024 - 10:30 pm | View Link
Albuquerque police charge two men for 2021 Halloween murder The Albuquerque Police Department arrested a man for a murder on Halloween nearly three years ago while still searching for a second suspect. APD said 28-year-old Ray Torres turned himself in to police on Monday. 06/5/2024 - 4:04 pm | View Link
Halloween: Origins, Meaning & Traditions | HISTORY Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain and is now a worldwide event. Learn more about Halloween's origins, traditions, interesting facts, scary movies and more. 06/6/2024 - 7:30 am | View Website
The history of trick-or-treating, and how it became a ... Halloween is thought to date back more than 2,000 years to Samhain, a Celtic New Year’s Day that fell on November 1. Demons, fairies, and spirits of the dead were thought to walk the Earth... 06/6/2024 - 7:16 am | View Website
History of Halloween Halloween is among the oldest traditions in the world as it touches on an essential element of the human condition: the relationship between the living and the dead. The observance evolved from ancient... 06/6/2024 - 5:22 am | View Website
Halloween: Origins and Traditions | HISTORY Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain and is now a worldwide event. Learn about the jack-o-lantern, trick-or-treating, Halloween costumes and more. 06/6/2024 - 3:13 am | View Website
Halloween | Definition, Origin, History, & Facts | Britannica Halloween, a holiday observed on October 31, the evening before All Saints’ Day. The celebration marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints and initiates the season of Allhallowtide. In much of Europe and most of North America, observance of Halloween is largely nonreligious. 06/6/2024 - 1:40 am | View Website
Dear Readers: Over my 21 years writing this column, I’ve stayed in touch with many readers whose questions have particularly affected me.
One such reader, whose question first ran in 2021, provided an “update,” published in 2023.
He and I have continued to correspond, and I’m happy to share an update to his update, as a reminder — to all of us — that time plus wisdom can bring on a (mostly) happy ending.
Below is the original question and my answer (edited for length).
Moon Alert: After 2 a.m. EDT today, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The Moon is in Virgo.
Happy Birthday for Wednesday, June 12, 2024:
You have a cheerful, positive approach to life and are generous and supportive of others. You support what you value and know what you want.
Oops. He did it again.
Weeks after apologizing for using an Italian word which roughly translates to “faggotry,” Pope Francis reportedly used the same term again in a closed-door meeting with Roman priests on Tuesday—right in the middle of Pride Month.
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“There is an air of frogaccine in the Vatican,” the head of the Catholic Church said, according to Italian news agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), which cited sources present at the meeting at Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.
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