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Archive for October 31st, 2006

Happy Pumpkinday

by tdaxp ~ October 31st, 2006

Blogfriend Catholicgauze has some posts up on the intersection of geography, New England, and Halloween:

Boo!

Vampires!,

Werewolves!,

Witches!, and

Catholics!

Oh my!

Update: Edgewise likes Catholicgauze’s Halloween post, too.

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