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It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than A Halloween Birthday

While warm-weather birthdates make pool parties and park celebrations a snap, I’ll take a spooky soiree any day.

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I Want My Kids To Have An Old-Fashioned Halloween

Those nights were so, so magical.

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I’ll Say It: Halloween Decor Is Better Than Christmas Decor

Keep your red and green Christmas lights — it’s the spooky skeletons for me, thanks!

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How To Create A Neurodivergent-Inclusive Halloween

And why it’s so important in the first place.

Hauntingly Beautiful

29 Frightfully Delightful Gravestone Baby Names Borrowed From Historical Headstones

Time to resurrect these monikers?

I Have Thoughts

How We Made Co-Parenting Work On Halloween

Because you want your kid to enjoy Halloween, not worry about your feelings.

genius!
By Jen McGuire

10 Easy Halloween Costume Ideas You Can Do With Just One Accessory

Listen, you can’t go all-out every single year.

enough!

Who Decided Spiders Should Be A Halloween Mascot?

They make me loathe Halloween.

Ballin' On A Budget

20 Cheap Halloween Decor Pieces You Can Use Over & Over Again

To get you through this year, and the next few years, too.

gimme the sugar

I Loved Halloween As a Child. I Want to Make Sure My Allergy Kid Does, Too.

Instead of fearing Halloween — a holiday that does, after all, revolve around being gifted stuff that’s fatal for my kid — we’ll embrace it.

Treat Me, Seymour

21 Halloween Advent Calendars, Because Why Should Christmas Have All The Fun?

C’mon, treat-filled countdowns belong in spooky season.

The Spooky 411
By Samantha Darby

Who Are You, Spirit Halloween?

Your favorite place to buy zombie babies has a fascinating backstory.

embrace it

Let Your Kid Wear That Costume All Of October

Just... Don't Wear It Around The House

When Is It OK To Let Your Kid Wear A Super-Scary Horror Movie Costume?

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How To Support Your Creepy-Ass Child

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This Spooky Game Of I Spy Will Get You In The Halloween Spirit

Can you find all of the spooky season essentials?

Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children?!
By Jamie Kenney

TikTok Mom Wants To Know Why Your Halloween Decorations Are So Scary

TikTok user @lindswitt wants to understand why some people choose such scary decorations for Halloween when kids might see it.

Safety, But Make It Spooky
By Megan LaCreta

Boston Is Paying Residents $250 To Throw Safe Halloween Block Parties

OK - where do we sign up?

It's showtime!
By Samantha Darby

Where To Stream Beetlejuice So You Can Be The Host With The Most

Let’s turn on the juice and see what shakes loose.

Lime In The Coconut
By Samantha Darby

How To Host A Practical Magic Girls’ Night In

Midnight margaritas? Make them at 6 p.m. instead.

'Tis Time
By Samantha Darby

Freeform's 31 Nights Of Halloween 2024 Schedule Is Officially Here

Go ahead and get those Hocus Pocus snacks ready.

Boo!
By Samantha Darby

Jimmy Fallon On Being The "Nerdy Dad" At Halloween

But all these best-selling children’s books of his beg to differ.

house rules
By Katie Garrity

This Mom Wants To Know If It's "Too Early" To Start Decorating Your House For Halloween

If your kids return to school in August, is summer officially over?

Summerween Reigns Supreme
By Samantha Darby

The Animatronic Dancing Wednesday From Lowe's Is Your New Halloween Personality

It’s hard to be full of woe with this in your home.

A Trip Back In Time
By Kelly Schremph

32 Years Later, Ernest Scared Stupid Is Still An Underrated Halloween Classic

Get ready to fall back in love with Ernest P. Worrell.

The (G)Hosts With The Most
By Amber Guetebier

13 Haunted Hotels For A Creepy-But-Luxurious Overnight Stay

Some guests check out, but they never leave.