What’s that sound? The leaves are turning from green to orange. The wind feels different, even here in Southern California. It’s a crisp, pumpkin smelling aura. The pumpkin spice lattes are back, which means one thing, Fright-A-Thon is back. What exactly is Fright-A-Thon you ask? Well here’s the mantra for the annual celebration of Halloween here at THS.

Christmas and those holidays get to swallow up the majority of December, November, and part of January. Why not Halloween? September is a month of going back-to-school and residual heat from the summer. Now it’s another month of pumpkins, serial killers, ghosts, ghouls, specters, goblins, and things that go bump in the night.

I know for myself, that change from August 31st to September 1st is a big one. It might not mean much here in Southern California; the weather is still gross out, but it does signal that change is in the air. Those blinding lights of summer, pastel colors, the yellows and reds of Summer mix together and turn orange. Those summer parties die out, and the coming of Labor Day signifies the harvest is near. Those shadows that were thin start to lengthen, and creepy crawlies come out to bask in the cool air. That fear of the dark erupts again from the back of your neck to your brain. Things once thought to be long gone might start appearing in those shadows. The goblins, ghouls, ghosts, monsters, specters, zombies, serial killers, and anything else that goes bump in the night gain power.

So What Does Fright-A-Thon Entail?

It means that every work day from September 2nd all the way until October 31st (and sometimes into the beginning of November), I’ll be writing an article about any Halloween topic or news of the day. You can check out the full index of Fright-A-Thon, all the way back to 2020. It ranges from Halloween decorations, theme park attractions, haunt openings, movie reviews, lists, opinion pieces, guides, and more. It is definitely harder and harder to find topics as the years go by, but that’s part of the fun giving everyone an article a day.

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Check back here every day for whatever you might have missed. Get your favorite Halloween decorations, skeletons, lollipop ghosts, Charlie Brown, Michael Myers, and whatever else makes Halloween feel like Halloween for you. Buckle up, grab some candy, and get ready for the ultimate Halloween marathon.

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