If you have ever wondered about the origin of the Halloween Tree, Ray Bradbury explains all to his friend Brian Sibley on Brian's blog.

Phil, this is an excellent post. The irony of it all and the kindness of RB in the Brian's exchanges with him. Typical Mr. B.

(Our Tree will remain abundantly replenished, even if the squirrels have other plans.)

In case anyone needs a NEW audio version of THE HALLOWEEN TREE, Bronson Pinchot reads it unabridged for Blackstone Audio (released on 1 August):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...3810_20500320_snp_dp

Here is a video I put on youtube from Ray's Comic-con lecture a few years ago, explaining how "The Halloween Tree" came about. It's quite interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEcGU1el9M

Real life Halloween tree: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44...d_news/#.Tna2wN1MJeU