A word to the wise.

It's that irritating time again when so many people for no discernible reason start saying "holloween", usually with the smugness that suggests they think they are pronouncing it correctly while everyone else is wrong. Wrong. The hallow in Halloween is pronounced like shallow, callow, and gallows , not like wallow, hollow, or follow. And while we're at it, let's get an early start on the Christmas season. Santa has a t in it and is pronounced Santa not sanna.