Halloween rewind

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Clare as good bad, mad cop
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Clare as a housebound Halloween hag.
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Codi Jane McGrann, 11, enjoys the time-honored tradition of The Robot.
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No one could resist The Robot once we got into the heart of Beck's new album.
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Shake it like a white kid.
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This freak-a-zoid blacklight mask reminded me of a mixture of The Grinch and The Exorcist.
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Codi Jane as the freakish girl with no pupils.

I propose Halloween become the new holiday we celebrate for two months. It's fun, cheap and without a bunch of religious and family guilt. As a kid I always felt sad the day after Christmas, as an adult it's the day after Halloween. A few weeks ago a I got together with my best friend Clare and our long time friends Peter Wilm and Paul and Carrie McGrann, who just bought a great rancher in Alabaster, 30 minutes south of Birmingham. Their older child Dylan makes us realize how much time has passed since he was born in 1993 as he is now taller than his dad, despite what his dad says. We dressed up, played pranks, drank cider and watched "Evil Dead 2". I am embarrassed to say it gave me nightmares, but that's just part of a good Halloween party.

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