As a young, obnoxiously precocious child, Halloween was, surprisingly, my favorite time of year.

I say surprisingly because I was a fairly timid boy, scared of the dark and even walking down the horror movie section in the video store. But there was just something about the Halloween season, when the elaborate and spooky decorations came out and the leaves started changing as the weather got cold ... well, back when the weather actually got cold around this time before we ruined the climate.

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