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And so we broke with our usual tradition of saving Halloween specials until October. \u00a0Given my work schedule, and other obligations, we won\u2019t have the time we\u2019ve had in the past. \u00a0In recent years it\u2019s gotten tougher, but we knew we wouldn\u2019t get the full battery of specials, movies and excursions that mark the Griffey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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