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Win a FREE copy of Martha Stewart’s Halloween Handbook

adam — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:51:32 +0000

Oct31st.org is giving away a free copy of Martha Stewart’s brand new Halloween Handbook. It features the best of Martha Stewart’s Halloween ideas, recipes and lots more. It’s printed on sturdy paper, much like a book! 116 pages of decor, tricks and treats.

Here is how the contest works: The contest starts now!! All you have to do is comment below about oct31st.org! It has to be a real comment about the website, something you like, something you used from here – a wallpaper, a recipe etc.

Enter your name, email address (so I can contact you – should you win) and a website -if you have it. A random person will be drawn next Saturday – September 11th 2010. The handbook will be sent to you in an envelope with cardboard (to avoid bending). Please help spread the word about Oct31st.org. Join the facebook group and share the url to this website with your friends! Tweet via Twitter about oct31st.org and include @oct31stdotorg in your tweet. Good Luck!

ABC Family 13 Nights of Halloween 2010

adam — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:14:23 +0000

I can’t confirm a source yet, but the rumored line up for ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween 2010 is below. As soon as I can confirm a press release, source or website, I will post it. Here is the rumored lineup:

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
8pm Melissa & Joey “A Fright in the Attic” HALLOWEEN EPISODE
8:30pm The Goonies

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
6pm Melissa & Joey “A Fright in the Attic” ENCORE
6:30pm The Goonies
9pm Hocus Pocus

Thursday, October 21, 2010
7pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Halloween)
8pm Van Helsing

Friday, October 22, 2010
7pm That ’70s Show (Halloween)
7:30pm Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
10pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Halloween)

Saturday, October 23, 2010
7am Melissa & Joey encore
7:30am Ella Enchanted
9:30am Casper Meets Wendy
11:30am Teen Witch
1:30pm The Little Vampire
3:30pm Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
6pm Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
8pm The Goonies
10:30pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Sunday, October 24, 2010
7am Teen Witch
9am Bridge to Terabithia
11am Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
1pm Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
3:30pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
6pm Corpse Bride
7:51pm Disney’s Trick or Treat – ABCF ANIMATED SHORT PREMIERE
8pm The Spiderwick Chronicles – BASIC CABLE PREMIERE
10pm The Spiderwick Chronicles

Monday, October 25, 2010
7pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Halloween)
8pm TMNT (2007) – ABCF PREMIERE
10pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Halloween)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
8pm Melissa & Joey – ALL NEW EPISODE
8:30pm Practical Magic

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
7pm Corpse Bride
8:48pm Disney’s Lonesome Ghosts – ABCF ANIMATED SHORT PREMIERE
9pm The Haunted Mansion

Thursday, October 28, 2010
7pm The Haunted Mansion
9pm The Spiderwick Chronicles

Friday, October 29, 2010
7pm Melissa & Joey ENCORE
7:30pm The Mask
10pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Halloween)

Saturday, October 30, 2010
7am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
7:30am The Black Cauldron – ABCF PREMIERE
9:30am Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
12pm TMNT (2007)
2pm Corpse Bride
3:48pm Disney’s Lonesome Ghosts
4pm The Haunted Mansion
6pm The Spiderwick Chronicles
8pm Hocus Pocus
10pm Hocus Pocus
12am Clue

Sunday, October 31, 2010
7am Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (2 hour version)
9am TMNT (2007)
11am The Little Vampire
1pm The Haunted Mansion
3pm The Mask
5:30pm Practical Magic
8pm Van Helsing
11pm America’s Funniest Home Videos (Halloween)

The Halloween Season Begins

adam — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:11:36 +0000

Today is the day I have been looking forward to all year – it’s officially the start of the Halloween season. Stores will stock Halloween merchandise and Halloween stores will open their doors for Halloween 2010. If you have not seen my list of stores with early Halloween merchandise, be sure to see it. I am rather impressed with most of the merchandise this year and can’t wait to see what the rest of the stores have planned.

In preparations for the Halloween season kick off, I have added new recipes, new decorating how-to’s and a brand new wine label (vampire inspired – no, not the sparkling kind, the blood kind). The Halloween TV guide has it’s first listings for September – enjoy. I have got plenty cooking up behind the scenes, so keep clicking that mouse over to oct31st!

Also, be sure to check out Martha Stewarts Halloween “bookzine” out now! This special edition bookzine is a rewind of all past decorations, how-to’s, recipes and more. It is also printed on a special new kind of paper. The NEW Halloween edition of Martha Stewart Living will be out late September, early October.

ABC Renews Peanuts Specials

adam — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:03:46 +0000

ABC has announced its renewal of the classic Peanuts holiday specials for another five years. It’s not any wonder why the beloved Peanuts are being renewed. Peanuts have become a worldwide staple in pop culture and continue to deliver exceptional ratings for ABC. Peanuts are celebrating their 45th anniversary this year since the first airing of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” in 1965. In celebration, all the specials are going to be re-mastered on Blu-ray (and regular DVD) as individual releases and in a “Holiday Deluxe Collection.” (Quick lesson for the technologically impaired, DVD’s hold only 8 gigs of data where Blu-ray holds up to 50 gigs. What does that mean exactly? Well it mean’s superior video quality than previously available and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Blu-ray is a perfect example of the amazing quality that Blu-ray’s can offer).

Peanuts are a seasonal favorite of mine and for many other people as well. The specials bring back a feeling of nostalgia, of a simpler time or even a feeling of childlike innocence. The Great Pumpkin is certainly one of my very favorite Halloween specials. I often feel like Linus, waiting for The Great Pumpkin to arrive each year (or in this case – for Halloween to get here). Linus’s advice still rings true some 45 years later “3 things I have learned never to discuss with people; religion, politics and the great pumpkin.” Its imagery, dialogue and music are all part of its classic status as an iconic piece of art. The Great Pumpkin’s musical masterpieces (by Vince Guaraldi) are just as recognizable as its animation. In my opinion – the peanuts specials are some of the best animated pieces of art to ever be created. The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is on Blu-ray September 7th 2010 or you can wait an additional two months for the deluxe collection.

I added TWO new wreath ideas to the decorating section as well as a Halloween CD review.