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To Laugh at Death

October 28th, 2011 | 2 min read

By Cate MacDonald

Yesterday I had the misfortune of having to go shopping for costume elements, which included looking for rubber snakes. Side note: Kids these days just don't seem to be interested in snakes. Dinosaurs are still doing a roaring trade, but it appears that snakes are out. Not enough branding and television shows, I suspect. Anyway, shopping at fabric and party stores three days before Halloween really highlights the strangeness of what exactly we're celebrating come October 31st.

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