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Henican: Halloween is best holiday ever

Quick ReadNo other holiday is more fun, more affordable, more age appropriate, more freedom expanding.

Brooke Lavoti, 3, of Lindenhurst and Jocelyn Forseth,

Photo credit: Bruce Gilbert | Brooke Lavoti, 3, of Lindenhurst and Jocelyn Forseth, 3, of North Babylon, pose for Newsday in their Halloween costumes at the Flick & Treat Festival at Newsday in Melville. (Oct. 11, 2009)

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Move over, Christmas.

Thanksgiving, go stuff your face with store-bought pumpkin pie.

Halloween is the best holiday ever - for kids and adults alike. Someone ought to pass a law making this official. Halloween rules.

No other holiday is more fun, more affordable, more age appropriate, more freedom expanding and less pressured. What's not to like about Halloween?

People dress...

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