![]() ![]() From there, we are taken on a tour of Halloween and Halloween-like celebrations from around the world and time, from Ancient Egypt to modern-day Mexico. It is there at this mysterious location that the children meet Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud, a Willy-Wonka like character who offers to help them find their friend, but they need to learn the truth about Halloween first. ![]() Their investigation leads them to a gloriously gothic haunted house with a tree covered in lit jack-o-lanterns. The Halloween Tree is the story of eight friends who are searching for their lost friend Pipkin on Halloween. Besides the thrill of hearing Bradbury’s narration, the cartoon is a disaster and definitely doesn’t live up to the potential of this metaphor-rich story. Some might know this story only because of a bad animated cartoon. In 1972, Ray Bradbury saw this problem and created, what is now, in my opinion, a lost classic-"The Halloween Tree". ![]() ![]() Yes, Halloween has a collection of monsters stolen from black-and-white horror movies and a long history with witches and the like, but when it comes to an actual story, a fable to be brought out each year with the pumpkins, the holiday is sadly lacking. Christmas has "A Christmas Carol", "It’s a Wonderful Life", "Miracle on 34th Street", Halloween has… ![]()
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