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Under their spell

Far below nature’s magic show, I stood outside an old white house on a stretch of freshly cut grass, bemused at the sight of 12 modern witches moving across the lawn in scattered unison, occasionally smiling at one another as they passed. The youthful, contented expressions on their faces as they cast their spells reminded me of something I had seen in movies, but the Hollywood comparisons would end there.

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Down with the devil

FLINT – Halloween celebrations go back centuries, and they’re bigger now in the United States than ever before.

But don’t expect moms such as Valerie Fontan of Flushing Township or Anne Bundy of Mt. Morris Township to join in.

Fontan, 37, takes her three young children out of school on Halloween so they are not subjected to Halloween parties. Bundy, 42, a mother of five, home-schools her four school-age children and doesn’t let them participate in Halloween activities.

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