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The annual NBC “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” holiday special, originally due to air tomorrow evening, is in danger of being called off.
Any Trick -or- Treater knows the drill. You walk up to the discouragingly dark house and knock on the door. After a painfully long pause the door opens revealing either an old woman who didn’t realize it’s Halloween or the middle aged couple who turned out every light in the hopes no one would knock. But now you’ve got them cornered, you little ghoul, with your goodie bag outstretched. You’ve forced confused grandma or the antisocial neighbors to improvise. And this is what happens:
Bad Goodie #1 condiments
What kid doesn’t want a fistful of soy sauce packets from take out for Halloween? Let’s hope the next house has fried dumplings.
When I was a kid a neighbor we nicknamed the “Banana King” would hand out bananas every year on Halloween. Bananas? On Halloween? Was he out of his mind?
Some parents really go all out to make Halloween a special occasion for their children. And some parents wake up from a drunken stupor on October 31st, roll of the couch and exclaim, “It’s Hallow what?! Fine, kid, put this paper bag on your head. Now you’re the ghost of a tree. Happy, skedaddle!”
Some parents will spare no expense to make Halloween as depressing as possible. These are those parents’ kids.
Because you knew it had to happen.
Have you been frustrated by the lack of toy stores in America’s malls? There has been a gapping hole in toy shops scene since all the KB Toys went belly up. But toy super store Toys R Us will be filling that void with almost 350 pop-up shops set to open – Continue reading »
Another month, another “holiday.” The goods news? You don’t have to hit Hallmark to celebrate National Inventors’ Month. Just tell your kids to pull out their LEGOs and get building.
Our favorite bitty brick makers are celebrating the “holiday,” with a contest for builders six through thirteen. And with sales like these, you’ve got to think they’re the company to take an inventive cue from. Continue reading »
Lori Garcia 
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
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Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
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