halloween
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The 30 Best Teen Movies You Can Watch
Before the 1950s, filmmakers didn’t think about teenagers as anything other than adults-in-waiting—accessories to the adult characters in films. That changed circa the release of Nicholas Ray’s 1955 James Dean star vehicle Rebel Without a Cause, the success of which made studios realize that teens were driving around in their own cars and occasionally spending their…
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The Best Ways to Extend a Jack-o-Lantern’s Life
Want to make a jack-o-lantern last until Halloween and beyond? Carving pumpkins is a quintessential Halloween act—but anyone who’s ever attempted it knows that once a pumpkin is carved, its lifespan is nearing its end. Squirrels will eat them (though there are ways to prevent that), and unless you’re careful, your jack-o-lantern can get rotten…
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How to Keep Your Pumpkin Plants Alive Until Halloween
I over-plant pumpkins every year—and with good reason. They’re slow starters, and right when the vines start taking off and the pumpkins start to appear, the fall rain hits and the temperature drops. There are a lot of challenges to keeping those pumpkins healthy, solid, and ripe enough for Halloween. Here are some tips for…
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12 Things You Didn’t Know About Halloween
I am a Halloween scholar with a PhD in witchology from Virginia Tech*, and I want to share my knowledge with you. These 12 Halloween facts and “didya knows?” cover everything you ever wanted to know about the holiday: pumpkins, black cats, and novelty music. Isn’t that what Halloween is all about?