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Day 4: Baked in a Pie…

When both of our children were younger, they loved Mickey Mouse, specifically Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. So, when Darling and I watched the 2017 “The Scariest Story Ever: a Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular”, we were unprepared.

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Day 3: Toe tappin’

In 1952, the Walt Disney company produced and released a theatrical short that, I believe, inspired generations of Americans, and others around the world that enjoy Americana, what it means to Trick and Treat. Disney’s “Trick or Treat” is a theatrical short that brings joy to my heart whenever I watch it.

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Day 2: Who Ya Gonna Call?

In College, Darling and I took a Disney and Film class and some of the early Mickey Mouse shorts were featured to show how Mickey has changed throughout the years. That was the first time I had watched this short, the 1937 Mickey Mouse feature, “The Lonesome Ghosts.

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Day 1: Them Bones

When I was four, my mother would take me to the local Carnegie Library to pick out a book that she would read to me and to participate in the children’s programs.

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