Yesterday I was doing some Christmas (and personal) shopping at Lakeside Collection, when one of their sidebar articles caught my eye: Unique Christmas Traditions from Around the World. Presents under the tree and milk and cookies for Santa — it’s what Americans do every year in anticipation of Christmas. AroundContinue Reading

I created the #MyHJHaunt contest with selfish intentions initially. I LOVE Halloween decorations and seeing all the creative ways people spook up their houses. That’s what I was after. However, I wasn’t expecting how hard picking a winner would be. Holy cow there were some GREAT entries. I’ve put offContinue Reading

We had some great entries for the #MyHJSelfie Halloween Costume Contest. We had seven categories to choose winners for. However, we goofed on our original post and listed “Most Original” twice. One of those should’ve been “Cutest.” Didn’t catch that until now. Best Couples Costume AND Most Original Costume: VampireContinue Reading

Hagia Sophia

According to our Weird Holidays & Observances Calendar, October 30 is Visit a Cemetery Day. (It’s also National Candy Corn Day, Mischief Night, and Haunted Refrigerator Day.) But this post is dedicated to Cemetery Day. I thought it’d be fun to revisit some of the most hauntingly beautiful cemeteries we’veContinue Reading

  Happy Halloween Season! As we wrote in our Invitation to Haunt Jaunts 2016 Halloween Party, we intended to do giveaways all October long. We also meant to do a #WishYouWereHere and #IfYouDare Halloween challenge. Well, we decided to do something a little bit different. (Of course the inspiration forContinue Reading