Tag Archives: Halloween

New York City’s Fox affiliate reports: The annual Halloween parade in New York City’s Greenwich Village returns Monday. Officially called the Village Halloween Parade, the event draws tens of thousands of costumed participants and even more spectators. The 2022 Village Halloween Parade will showcase hundreds of floats and puppets. The Brass Queens, an all-women eight-piece brass band from Brooklyn, will …

The Christian Post reports: Evangelist and author John Ramirez was once entrenched in the occult and satanism. He’s now warning Christians not to get entangled in practices that might seem innocent or alluring, especially during Halloween, but only serve to open the door to dark forces. Ramirez, who says he was demon-possessed for 20 years, takes the work of exposing …

Deadline reports: He is back! Saturday Night Live‘s hugely popular Halloween character David S. Pumpkins, played by 10-time host Tom Hanks, returned to the show after a lengthy hiatus. He did it in a prison ride skit, in which Pumpkins and his trusty dancing skeletons, played once again by Mikey Day and SNL alum Bobby Moynihan, mix it up with …

The BBC reports: Fifty-nine people have died in a crush among huge Halloween crowds in a popular nightlife area of South Korea’s capital, officials say. Yonhap news agency cited emergency services saying 150 more had been injured in Seoul’s Itaewon district. Videos from the scene show body bags on the streets, emergency workers performing CPR, and rescuers trying to pull …

Jessica Wolstenholm writes for the Christian Post: Have the best candy so that your house will be the house people come to and linger near. Be warm. Introduce yourself to visitors even if that’s not the typical way neighbors engage in your area.  Have a warm beverage or pumpkin bread for adults so you can engage your neighbors in conversation. …

Via press release from the White House: On Sunday, October 25, 2020, the White House grounds will open to ghosts, fairies, superheroes, tiny goblins and other costumed trick-or-treaters as celebrations commence for the Trump Administration’s fourth annual Halloween festivities at the White House. Gates will open to frontline workers, military families and schoolchildren, accompanied by their parents, from 3:30 PM …

NPR reports: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines on how to celebrate Halloween safely. No big surprise: Classic door-to-door trick-or-treating and crowded, boozy costume parties are not recommended. The agency says this way of trick-or-treating poses a moderate risk (compared with the higher risk of the traditional style): Kids could pick up individually wrapped gift …

The Hill reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and his family dressed as 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to celebrate Halloween. Newsom tweeted a video of himself and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and their four children holding signs and wearing pins to represent their individual candidates. Newsom appeared to dress as former Vice President Joe Biden in a suit and …

This story has so much self-owning: For Christians who would rather celebrate Christ on Halloween instead of its pagan origins in Samhain, a company called Scripture Candy based in Alabama is offering blessed candy wrapped in bits of Scripture and inspirational messages to share with those who come to your door even as the company’s owners struggle to survive President …

“Anton LaVey, the founder of Satanism, says he loves it when Christian parents dress their kids up for Halloween, because in the spiritual realm, there’s just no differentiating between dressing them up as a spider or a goblin or dressing them up as an angel or a biblical character to the demonic realm that has made it its mission to …

Time Magazine reports: While handing out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were approached by a child wearing a minion costume from the Despicable Me movies. But instead of placing a treat in the minion’s trick-or-treat bag, a video recorded by Sky News shows Trump patting the kid …

Charisma News, the site best known here for its anti-witchcraft tutorials, its claim that the lifespan of gays is shortened by 20 years, its warning that burning breakfast eggs can summon demons, and its declaration that yoga is white witchcraft, today has a warning about Halloween. Did you know satanists, witches, warlocks and others who desire to destroy Christians curse …

Newsweek reports: Megyn Kelly’s apology note to NBC News colleagues after her comments about dressing in blackface at Halloween made its way onto social media. In the memo, the Megyn Kelly Today host said she has “never been a ‘PC’ kind of person” but that she understood “we do need to be more sensitive in this day and age.” It …

Children of the White House press corp trick-or-treated around the West Wing this afternoon, finishing in the Oval Office where Trump couldn’t resist taking shots at the press, asking the kids with a grimace, “Are you going to grow up to be like your parents? Uhhh. Don’t answer that.” As the cameras rolled, Trump also said, “I cannot believe the …

Anti-LGBT activist Linda Harvey writes for World Net Daily: You’ve probably noticed that a cultural revolution is in full swing, engineered largely by promiscuity promoters and “LGBT” advocates. It’s based on deception, depravity, subterfuge, endless dirty tricks and no treats. So is it any wonder Halloween is their favorite, special holiday? It’s one more reason this event is something for …

The Huffington Post reports: Anti-Halloween creationists have some ideas about the holiday that could turn your home into the least popular trick-or-treat stop in the neighborhood. Instead of handing out candy, Answers in Genesis wants you to give trick-or-treaters fake $1 million bills that warn children of the fiery hell that awaits them. “Have you ever lied, stolen or used …

The website Influenster polled 40,000 readers on their favorite Halloween candy and somehow candy corn topped the responses from Oregon, Wyoming, Tennessee, Texas, and South Carolina. Blech. More reasonably, the highest total number of votes went to Reese’s Cups. If you can’t make out the logos on the map, hit the link for each state’s result.

“Happy Halloween! By all means, go out and party. But what if you’re a grumpy loner like me and all you want is a nice quiet spooky evening at home? Well, what better way to spend a dark and stormy night than with a creepy, scary, or generally disturbing movie. Last week I asked a bunch of folks on Twitter …

According to Linda Harvey, “demons are real and so is Satan.” And if you let your kids celebrate Halloween – well, that leads to PARTIES. Brian Tashman has the quote: “Halloween celebrates the spirits of darkness like no other event,” she warned, claiming that demonic forces “are more active than ever in recent times in America because we are inviting …

“Who’s your favorite famous witch? Fun-loving Madame Mim? The Sinister Grand High Witch? It’s so hard to pick. And that’s the thing about witches: I believe they share a magic, unspoken bond with queer people.”