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It’s coming, maybe sooner than you would like when you are still enjoying the warmth of summer, but fall is not that far away and that means that one of people’s most favourite holidays is not that far off. Yes, Halloween is that wonderful celebration that gets people in their fancy dress costumes and ready to show off. It is a time when people plan carefully what they are going to wear and spend weeks putting it all together. It is also a time when people tend to like to dress up in a traditional fancy dress costume and try to make it the best ever or when people dress up as the main film characters of the past year. The most popular costumes of the year are often based on the popular films of the year and for Halloween 2011 there are sure to be a number of costumes that will be crowd-pleasers. Let’s take a look at what people will be wearing this year. First of all, Harry …

Music is such a cornerstone of human society. It is something that brings about laughter and tears, it brings back memories of people and of times gone by, and it brings up emotions for everyone. We have music that was written for certain occasions and holidays and then there is music that has just become associated with these special times. Halloween is one such holiday. There is a wide variety of awesome, fun, and chilling music that we associate with Halloween and this music is fantastic to play at a Halloween party or to have on in the background when you have trick-or-treaters come to your door. Let’s start with the famous pop and rock stars who have created songs that over the years have become favourites at Halloween. Of course, the first one that comes to mind for most people is Thriller by Michael Jackson and this may be the most popular of all Halloween songs, especially since Vincent Price does a voice over on the track. Other popular …