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Trick or Treat Safety for a Snowy Halloween
Bundle up, Barrington! According to the weather forecast…
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Capture Your Kids’ Halloween Portraits Saturday at Buschauer Studio
Want to capture the magic of Halloween with…
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NoonDaily | Halloween Happenings & Barrington Area Trick or Treat Hours
We’ve compiled a list of local Halloween happenings…
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317. Families Create Haunted Gingerbread Houses at ZaZa’s Tavola Italiana
ZaZa’s Tavola Italiana has been getting into the…
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298. Village of Barrington Scarecrow Festival & Scarecrow Contest Voting
The Village of Barrington’s 15th annual Scarecrow Festival…
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310. Gobble-uns ‘at Gits You & a Poem for Halloween Night
Now I know why I was such an obedient child ;). It all stems from a poem my mother used to read to us at night that was TERRIFYING! She’d open up this ancient book and read the poem from a piece of tattered newspaper taped to the inside cover. The book belonged to my great-grandmother and it’s called The Best Loved Poems of the American People, Copyright 1936.
I remember the goosebumps I’d get and can still hear my mom’s voice when she read us this poem that was so scary, it gave me nightmares. (Thanks a lot, mom!)
The poem is called “Little Orphant Annie” and it inspired the beloved “Annie” character of movie, radio and comic strip fame. It was written in 1885 by James Whitcomb Riley who wrote his rhymes in nineteenth century Hoosier dialect.
The stories in the poem each tell of a naughty child who is snatched away by goblins as a result of their misbehavior. The underlying moral and warning is announced in the final stanza, telling children that they should obey their parents and be kind to the unfortunate, lest they suffer the same fate.
Now a parent to three young children, I’m starting to believe my mom had ulterior motives in reading us this rhyme and I thought I’d share it with you to set a spooky tone for this gray and chilly Halloween night……

302. First Annual Barrington Giving Day Halloween Bash
Come have a Spooktacular night while supporting a…
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300. Deer Park Town Center “All Treats” Fall Festival & Pet Costume Party
You don’t have to wait until Halloween for…
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299. Trick or Treating at the South Barrington ArBOOretum
How would your kids like a Halloween dress…
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298. Halloween Spooktacular at the Barrington Park District
The Barrington Park District will be hosting their…
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278. Halloween 2013 Trick or Treat Photo Contest
We’re kicking off a quick and easy Halloween…
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271. NoonDaily: Halloween Spooktacular at the Barrington Park District
There’s still time to register for the Barrington…
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269. NoonDaily: An American Made Halloween with Norton’s USA
They have a photo of my great great…
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253. NoonDaily: “Mom”ster & Son Halloween Bash at the Barrington Park District
We have an awesome new event to tell…
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