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ROCKAWAY, N.J., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Party City, America's largest party specialty and Halloween retailer, invites creative consumers to submit designs for its "Dress To Thrill" Halloween costume design contest. The winning costume design will be mass-produced and sold on Party City's Web site and in its more than 600 retail stores during the 2010 Halloween season. The designs can be scary, flirty, fairytale or whatever inspires the designer - the possibilities are endless as long as...
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- As small retailers like the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. scour the market for a sure thing this holiday, some relief can be found in Halloween sales. "Parents are looking for affordable ways to escape their everyday financial reality. And Halloween is a fun, engaging holiday for the entire family," says Vicki Mote Bodwell, owner of WarmBiscuit.com. "The face of Halloween has changed dramatically since I was a kid. My mom hand-sewed all my costumes growing up,...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Consider yourself warned: Dracula is taking over Philadelphia this Halloween season, along with Edgar Allan Poe and other thrill-ebrities who will wreak delightfully scary havoc with ghoulish events and ghostly attractions throughout the region. Dracula events range from kid-friendly treats at Sesame Place during The Count's Halloween Spooktacular to a six-hour vampire dance party at Shampoo Nightclub to a Dracula Parade with larger-than-life puppets....
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Free Costumes For Kids is a new non-profit organization in Palm Beach County. The organization's goal this year is to provide a new or gently used Halloween costume to every underprivileged child in the county. Once this goal is achieved, the organization will expand throughout South Florida, the State of Florida and the nation. (For full details, visit http://freecostumesforkids.org.) FreeCostumesForKids.org is interested in working with area...
HIGH POINT, N.C., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- An economy that was once shattered by the collapse of one housing market may in fact be resurrected by another - the haunted housing market. According to the Haunted House Association, (www.hauntedhouseassociation.org and/or www.americahaunts.com), a collective of the most successful and renowned haunted houses and attractions in the country, money spent this fall on national Halloween Attractions are expected to pump over $1 billion dollars into...
Oct. 31, 2009 WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The observance of Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts, devils and hobgoblins. Over the years, Halloween customs and rituals have changed dramatically. Today, many of the young and young at heart take a more light-spirited approach. They don scary disguises or ones that may bring on smiles when they go door to door for treats, or attend or host...
NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual American Ireland Fund Young Leaders St. Patrick's Day Celebration was held last night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. More than 700 young professionals attended New York's premier St. Patrick's event, which has helped to raise over $1 million since 2006 in support of Irish and Irish-American philanthropic causes. At the celebration, the Young Leaders presented the 2009 Young Leaders Irish Spirit Award to Margaret Brennan, Reporter for...
WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, Martin's Tavern will be offering up sumptuous traditional Irish fare and hosting revelers with an extra dose of Irish hospitality. Long a favorite of Martin's Tavern, this years St. Patrick's Day celebration will feature a number of menu specials including traditional corned beef and cabbage, Irish soda bread, Sheppard's Pie and a can't miss lamb stew made with Billy's 4th generation family recipe. Along with the...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Aristotle Design Inc., one of the largest interactive web design and marketing firms in the South, is proud to announce the launch of AllHallowsEve.com, a new microsite featuring Halloween videos and music, an online costume contest and many other "ghoulishly" cool Halloween party ideas and features. Online Halloween Contest Aristotle's first ever "Inspired By" Halloween Contest will be conducted exclusively online. Participants will be allowed to...
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- There's no better place to visit this Halloween season than Las Vegas, where spooky spectacles and frightening fantasies can be found around every corner. Ghosts and goblins will join the usual Las Vegas glitz and glam as The Strip comes alive with the scary sights and sounds of the season. Visitors will have an array of spooktacular events to enjoy including haunted houses, frightful adventures, bewitching parties and costume weddings. (Logo:...
