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		<title>Save On Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeadMan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After withstanding years of assault from some of the more preachy and pious segments of American society, Halloween as a celebrated holiday is making a nice comeback, registering an ever-brighter blip on the economic radar each year. Without regard to Halloween&#8217;s critics (who are always offended when someone refers to &#8220;their holiday&#8221; as a &#8220;winter [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.officially-dead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/v15.jpg"><img src="http://www.officially-dead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/v15.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-82" /></a>After withstanding years of assault from some of the more preachy and pious segments of American society, Halloween as a celebrated holiday is making a nice comeback, registering an ever-brighter blip on the economic radar each year. Without regard to Halloween&#8217;s critics (who are always offended when someone refers to &#8220;their holiday&#8221; as a &#8220;winter festival&#8221;), Halloween&#8217;s considerable ripple effects are felt across many strands of our financial web. </p>
<h2>Not Just Jack O&#8217;Lanterns</h2>
<p>A good many landlords enjoy a brief respite from vacancy at the end of October, when stores that deal in Halloween fare will take out short-term leases in order to meet the demands of a public that cannot get enough of what they&#8217;re selling. Halloween has enjoyed a tremendous push in technology, with some of Hollywood&#8217;s most horrific special effects seemingly on sale. It&#8217;s not just costumes and Jack O&#8217;Lanterns anymore.</p>
<h2>Online Deals, Porchlight Squeals</h2>
<p>Just as people have given in to the desire to spend more and more on Christmas each year, Halloween has people digging into their wallets as they try to out-do the Joneses for the scariest presentation &#8211; therein lies the real joy of Halloween, making the costumed Trick-or-Treaters earn their candy rewards. Whether one prefers audio or visual effects (or, best of all, both), there&#8217;s more on the shelf than one could ever bring home in a single trip to the Halloween store.</p>
<p>Online vendors (like Party City) and advertisers are not oblivious to any of this. The savings they offer on Halloween sundries, in the form of online discount <a href="http://www.discountvouchers.co.uk/10349.html">blackpool zoo</a>  vouchers, give you a way to get more stuff than you would otherwise have on the exact same budget. Economically speaking, Halloween is a finite resource, much in the same way that Thanksgiving is only a one-time boon to turkey farmers. Enticing shoppers into their stores is what discount vouchers are all about.</p>
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		<title>The Most Monstrous Halloween Costumes on the Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeadMan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask anyone what their favorite Halloween costume was growing up and they will most likely tell you that it was a monster costume. Monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman and the Mummy are still timeless costumes because they are part of the golden age of horror movies that movie fans from all generations love. Monster [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.officially-dead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/h10.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-77" src="http://www.officially-dead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/h10.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>Ask anyone what their favorite Halloween costume was growing up and they will most likely tell you that it was a monster costume. Monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman and the Mummy are still timeless costumes because they are part of the golden age of horror movies that movie fans from all generations love.</p>
<h2>Monster Costumes In 2011</h2>
<p>Some of the best monster costumes that adults and children are choosing in 2011 are:</p>
<p>Cookie Monster – This costume is suitable for parents with small children and excellent for any Halloween party because everyone who watched Sesame Street as a kid loves the cookie monster.</p>
<p>Freddy Krueger – Who isn’t familiar with Freddy? Anyone who has watched one of the Nightmare from Elm Street movies from the last 20 years is familiar with this iconic movie character thanks to his red and black sweater, hat and scary claws.</p>
<p>Harry Potter Dementor Costume – One of the best costumes that anyone can pick for this year’s Halloween is a Dementor costume. Dementors are the scariest characters in the Harry Potter series and these costumes will be sure to be the talk of any costume party</p>
<p>Michael Meyers – Another iconic movie character costume is Michael Meyers. Like Freddy Krueger, Michael has been terrorizing his victims in movies for decades and this costume will be sure to terrorize people at any Halloween event.</p>
<h2>Buying Online Verses In The Store</h2>
<p>One of the best things about the Internet is that it can save anyone a lot of money when it comes to finding an affordable Halloween costume. Halloween costumes are more affordable online because you will be buying your costume right from the manufacturer instead of paying a retail price at a store.</p>
<p>Don’t wait until October 24th go look at <a href="http://www.wholesalehalloweencostumes.com/adult-costumes/">adult Halloween costumes</a>, purchase it now to insure that you get the costume that you want and will be wearing on Halloween.  Have a <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/family/halloween/">safe and happy Halloween</a>!</p>
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		<title>Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeadlyGirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about this? Have you ever asked yourself, &#8220;Who in the world ever thought of the idea of walking around in weird costumes, trick-or-treating, and/or putting a carved-out pumpkin in your window?&#8221; Halloween is really one of the strangest days in the year. Because Halloween is the day to honor the dead. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-4 alignleft" src="http://www.officially-dead.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/halloween.jpg" alt="halloween" width="243" height="182" />Have you ever thought about this? Have you ever asked yourself, &#8220;Who in the world ever thought of the idea of walking around in weird costumes, trick-or-treating, and/or putting a carved-out pumpkin in your window?&#8221;</p>
<p>Halloween is really one of the strangest days in the year. Because Halloween is the day to honor the dead. People really believed that on this day they were surrounded by strange spirits, ghosts, witches, fairies, and elves, which came out to hurt them.</p>
<p>Halloween is a holiday celebrated by people. It has origins the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. The term Halloween, originally spelled Halloween, is shortened from All Hallows’ Eve. It is the eve of All Hallows Day which is now also known as All Saints Day.</p>
<p>To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. And people wear huge costumes to celebrate it. Today, dressing in costume is also a very popular way to celebrate the spooky holiday.</p>
<p>The custom of trick-or-treating and the use of jack-o-lanterns come from Ireland. The story behind this is hundreds of years ago, there was an Irish farmers went from house to house, begging for food, in the name of their ancient gods, to be used at the village Halloween celebration. They would promise good luck to those who will gave food to them, and made threats to those who refused to give. They simply told the people, you treat me, or else I will trick you.</p>
<p>Many people now believe this kind of events all over the world. It is also part of there celebrating dead people’s soul. Mostly, children always join this kind of celebration. They really love to wear huge and scary costumes.</p>
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