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Harry Potter has become a household name, in this riveting conclusion Harry finally faces off against his long time enemy Voldemort for the final time.

When the sixth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is released in 2009, the film's cast will feature a few new actors.

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Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft game offers fun Halloween festivities for two weeks in late October. Players can get special items, gold, and achievements.

October brings Hallow's End to the World of Warcraft. Stuffed with trick or treat candy, player characters don Flimsy Masks and battle the Headless Horseman.

Every year around Halloween, Blizzard begins the Hallow's End event in World of Warcraft. For those who love to earn every achievement, this is an event not to miss.

J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" provides a crowd-pleasing but unconvincing conclusion to her innovative series.

Reviews and spoilers have focussed upon the body count and the plot of the final Potter installment, but what is the legacy of the series and the hype surrounding it?

All Hallows Eve, All Saint's Day, and All Souls Day are well-known Christian holidays of autumn, but the significance, meaning, and origin behind them may surprise you.

For children, Halloween is all about costumes and candy. While some view it as anti-Christian, All Hallows Eve is a time of giving thanks and remembering dead loved ones.

Beth Champion Mason’s sophomore album, “Postcards,” will make you think, and that’s a good thing. She’s no lightweight.

Halloween is characterized by fun costumes, candy, jack-o-lanterns, and trick-or-treating. However, Halloween's origins were not so light-hearted.

Despite claims that it is a Christian celebration, Halloween stays close to it's Pagan roots.

Originally a Pagan Solar Festival celebrating the third and final harvest, a fun day for children and adults, is the second most decorated holiday after Christmas.

When my friend asked me to help man the bookstore she managed at midnight on July 21st, I agreed without hesitation. I had no idea what I was in for.

Halloween customs are practiced all over the world with glowing pumpkins and colorful costumes. But where exactly did these traditions begin?

Halloween, a popular holiday, comes from All Hallow's Eve, an early Christian holy day, and has Christian roots in a celebration to honor the saints, living and dead.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a fun and interesting revisit to the magical world of Harry Potter. JK Rowling introduces readers to fairy tales for wizards.

Not many people realize that Halloween, celebrated on October 31 or All Hallows Eve, is just one of an annual cycle of rituals that form the backbone of the Wiccan year.

This Sabbat is also called Feast of the Dead, Feast of Apples, November Eve, All Hallows Eve, La Samon and Hallows. Some celebrate it as the beginning of the New Year.

Although Halloween is celebrated in many different countries, it's celebrated with different types of foods. But the mystery and fears about Halloween are the same.

The author of the Harry Potter series has revealed that a new volume of short stories, including a "commentary" from Professor Dumbledore, will be available from Dec 08.

President Abraham Lincoln's stops in Gettysburg are part of The Journey Through Hallowed Ground.

Since the early Middle Ages, Halloween has been part of a trio of major Church feasts. But what are these feasts and what do they commemorate?

You don't have to the same old drinks on Halloween. Alternatives to your favorites include candy flavored spiced mix drinks, flaming shots and pine and pumpkin beers.

We blindly celebrate this holiday with out taking the time to think about where the origins came from.

Horrifying classical music sounds for Halloween and haunting pieces for ghouls and goblins, an All Saints' Eve Treat.

Emmitsburg, Maryland's downtown is one of the sites along "The Journey Through Hallowed Ground," the 175-mile area along the U.S. Route 15 corridor.

Every year thousands of thrill-seekers set out to find the ultimate Halloween horror. Halloween attractions have become big business in providing a haunting experience.

A complete preschool unit study based on Halloween, complete with math, science, art, music, language skills, food, outdoor activities and more.

Simple prayers invite the Christian family to rejoice in the month of October with praise, thanksgiving, and reflection.

More than candy, trick-or-treat, costumes, pumpkins or other season traditions, Halloween goes back to the Celt's last day of their calendar year, All Hallow's Eve.

As the masses disguise themselves in ghoulish attire and beg for candy, they should give Halloween meaning by familiarizing themselves with the holiday's origins.

The roots of Halloween run deep, all the way to the ancients Celts, and have been nurtured and altered by the Roman and Christian cultures.

Whether Halloween is a pagan celebration is debatable as the early Christian Church perpetuated the Druid celebration by moving the Feast of All Saints Day to 1 November

World of Warcraft events include Love is in the Air, Winterveil and Brewfest. Completing all the holiday event quests earns players a Violet Proto Drake.

Book adaptations, comedies, dramas and epic fantasies are all lined up to hit the box office in 2010. But what future releases are promising to be big?

Jack-o'-Lanterns originated in ancient Celtic tradition, but carving these Halloween symbols continues to fascinate us.

Who'd have thought, on the cusp of closing the Harry Potter franchise, that the films would be so deathly boring? Why, it's enough to make one long for Chris Columbus.

The success of the Harry Potter series can be attributed to its masterful use of the hero's quest, which readers like because it gives them hope.

The Harry Potter series is soon coming to an end with the release of the 7th and final book. How much do you know about Harry and his friends? Test your knowledge here.

J. K. Rowling continues to hand out the secrets that Harry Potter, Dumbledore and others have kept. But, should she?

The holiday we now celebrate by dressing up in costumes and going door to door for candy has roots in ancient Celtic traditions with Roman and Christian influences.

The origin of Halloween dates back 2,000 years. The holiday can trace its roots to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, pronounced "sow-in" and means "summer's end."

The origins of Halloween can be traced back to the New Year celebrations of the Celts 2,000 years ago. November 1st was the beginning of the long, harsh winter.

This October you will no doubt tell scary ghost stories and attend a haunted Halloween party but where did it all come from? When was the first Halloween?

For kids, Halloween brings parties at school, scary decorations, dressing in costumes and going door to door to collect candy, but, how did Halloween begin?

Out the door like an EC Comics loving bat out of hell, Trick 'R Treat does whatever it can to revive the spirit of films like Tales from the Darkside and Creepshow.

The final film installment of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series will be made into two films, for release over the winter holidays of 2010 and the summer of 2011.

Fun, yet historical attractions in Salem include The House of the Seven Gables, The Salem Witch Museum, The Witch House and The Witch Dungeon Museum.