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It’s not Christmas until Ebenezer buys a huge AF turkey.

What’s Christmas without your favorite version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? Death, humor, supernatural creatures, time travel–this story has everything! … More

book, christmas, Dickens, movie

Darklings try to spread midnight over an entire day (Oct 31) .

The Midnighters series is set in a small Oklahoma town where these few special teens can experience a hidden hour … More

10-31, book, Halloween, Midnighters, Wester

Charlie goes to his first real party (Oct 28, 1991).

“Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. I have since bought … More

10-28, book, movie, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Pittsburgh

Halloween arrives in Green Town, Illinois. (Oct 24)

“But one strange wild dark long year, Halloween came early.  One year Halloween came on October 24, three hours after midnight.” … More

10-24, book, Bradbury, Halloween

Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vale (October 8, 1937)

After an interesting courtship, the gentleman-detective in Dorothy Sayer’s mystery novels marries mystery-writer Harriet Vane in the novel Busman’s Honeymoon. … More

10-8, 10-8-1937, book, mystery, Sayers, wedding, Whimsey

Phileas Fogg wagers that he can travel around the world in 80 days. (Oct 2, 1872)

It was an eventful day for the rigidly scheduled Mr. Fogg. I mean, it’s a wonder he was able to get … More

10-2, 10-2-1872, Around the world in 80 days, book, movie, Verne

Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked. (Sept 30, 1659)

Basically, Crusoe gets stranded on this island for 28 years. Yeah. The English major among us wants you to know … More

book, Dafoe, Robinson Crusoe

Mr. Collins arrives at Longbourn (29 Sept)

On Michaelmas the condescending clergyman Mr. Collins arrives at Longbourn to stay with his relatives the Bennets. Oh, and choose … More

book, Jane Austen, movie, Pride and Prejudice

Tally and Shay’s 16th Birthday (Sept 9)

Tally and Shay became friends shortly before their 16th birthdays (on Sept 9th) when they were supposed to have mandatory … More

9-9, book, Uglies, Westerfeld

The stock of d’Anconia Copper crashes. (Sept 3)

Francisco d’Anconia causes a number of fires and cave-ins to his own copper mines, deliberately crushing the wealth of his … More

9-3, Atlas Shrugged, book, Rand

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