Have you ever celebrated Half-O-Ween? What's it all about? Join Patrick in celebrating the halfway point between last Halloween and next Halloween with three of the best Halloween content creators, including Miranda Enzor from Spooky Little Halloween, Chelsea Celaya from Cheers with Chelsea, and Andrew Noles from Your Best Halloween Ever! Plus lots of discussion of your favorite holiday with the Halloween community! Visit BigSeance.com/211 for more info.

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In this episode:

Episode Teaser :00

Intro 1:15

Happy Half-O-Ween! It’s the halfway point between last Halloween and next Halloween! 1:57

A technical glitch may have affected some listeners who utilize Stitcher, Tunein, Spotify, Podchaser, or Radio Public from having access to the last three episodes. You may need to check to see if you missed episodes 208, 209, or 210. Apologies! 2:25

Welcome to three of the best Halloween content creators around: Miranda Enzor from Spooky Little Halloween (who was interviewed in episode 171 of the Big Seance), Andrew Noles from Your Best Halloween Ever, and Chelsea Celaya from Cheers with Chelsea! 4:04

May 1st (or mathematically May 2nd) is Half-O-Ween! But when did it start? Some say it began in 2010. Others say it was first celebrated in an episode of Nickelodeon’s iCarly series in 2012. 12:10

Big brands are starting to do really big things to mark the halfway mark to Halloween! 14:52 

April 30th, May 1st, or May 2nd? 15:43 

Why aren’t traditional department stores taking advantage of Half-O-Ween? 16:28

Big box department stores like to keep an eye on Halloween content creators, and sometimes it seems like they “borrow” inspiration from Halloween community. 18:16 

The Halloween Community 22:45

Miranda created the private Samhain Society Facebook group for Halloween content creators to collaborate and inspire each other. 24:35

This episode of the Big Seance is brought to you by Jim Harold’s Campfire! Tune in for true and fascinating stories as told by ordinary people who’ve had extraordinary experiences. Enjoy this sneak peak, and find his show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to The Big Seance. 27:04 

The paranormal community could learn a lot from the Halloween community. 30:12

Halloween as a hobby and the stress of October! 32:28

Miranda has celebrated Half-O-Ween by simply watching Hocus Pocus, having a Halloween birthday cake (it’s her birthday!), or making a pumpkin pie. 33:43

Chelsea along with Andrew and his partner will watch Hocus Pocus as well, but also just use this time to focus more on kicking off the upcoming season and preparing content for Halloween! 32:54

“This podcast episode could have been an email.” Miranda’s popular How to Celebrate Halfoween article. 37:44

Cleaning out your Halloween stash. 39:10

All about playlists! 40:19

More about what Half-O-Ween means to the Halloween community. 42:33

Chelsea’s final thoughts and shameless self-promotion. 44:52

Andrew’s final thoughts and shameless self-promotion. 46:23

“I want to give you permission to celebrate Halfoween.” Miranda’s final thoughts and shameless self-promotion. 48:24

A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 51:02

Outro 53:13

 

All the links!

Spooky Little Halloween

How to Celebrate Halfoween

Your Best Halloween Ever

Cheers with Chelsea

Creepy Company

Darksom Art and Craft Market

Spooky Melanin Magic

 

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