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Welcome to Click Clique, the monthly creative culture wrap up curated by the Wpromote Creative Department.
Pop by for a quick blast of fascinating, inspiring, imaginative, and straight-up weird bits bubbling up in culture. Then go forth and dazzle your friends and colleagues with a few epic nuggets of cultural gold.
01
Finally, grocery store parking with zero percent chance of door dings.
Discount supermarket chain Aldi has opened a dedicated broomstick parking bay at one of its flagship stores, giving witches and wizards somewhere to leave their ride while they stock up on Halloween supplies.There are no electric charging stations available, however, since witches do not travel on vacuums.
02
Candy corn: You either love it, hate it, or love it so much you want to smell like it.
OG candy brand Brach’s has officially entered the fragrance business with Ode to Candy Corn, a limited-edition eau de parfum inspired by its classic Halloween candy. Each 1.7-ounce bottle costs $22, and of course it sold out in under a minute because those same people bought all those meat scented candles when they came out, too.
03
It's pumpkin carving season, and you've already lost to this guy.
Mike Valladao, aka 'The Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers' is a cybersecurity engineer, but come Fall he gets his pumpkin on in a way that approaches fine art. For 40 years, Mike has been carving massive pumpkins at fairs and events, often doing it live on stage for wannabe carvers to watch and learn, even though we all know we'd just go home, trace two triangle eyes on a grocery store gourd and then hack it to pieces with a dull dinner knife before retreating to the couch with a bag of candy and a bottle of wine.
04
Is this what vampires ate when they were poor college students?
Cup Noodles is gave itself a Halloween makeover with a limited-edition flavor that turns blood red after hot water is added, thanks to natural beet coloring. And if you're a vampire worried that cheap, instant noodles will kill you someday, don't worry: You're already dead!
05
Barbie fans: You might want to skip this one.
If you're bored with eco-tourism and destination yoga trips, why not travel the world seeking out the best collections of creepy dolls? These 15 spots around the globe feature all manner of doll oddities, and even the baby dolls without heads seem to be staring at you. Good luck sleeping on this trip!
06
And finally...the ode to end all odes to "decorative gourd season."
17 years in, "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherf***ers" is the most popular McSweeneys article ever. If reading it aloud to family gathered around a gourd-heavy dinner table centerpiece is already part of your Fall festivities, you're welcome. If you've never read it, you'll never look at decorative gourds the same way again, and also you're welcome.
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