The Halloween Retrospect takes a holiday from the holidays in January 2026 visiting Mexico as seen in this Dia de Los Muertos decor on the balcony of a ocean-side tourist shop.

Holiday from Holidays

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January 2026 – A holiday Break

The Halloween Retrospect takes a holiday from the holidays in January 2026 visiting Mexico as seen in this Dia de Los Muertos decor on the balcony of a ocean-side tourist shop.

THR loves a world view of festivities, even on vacation, and snapped this photograph of Dia de Los Muertos decor on the faux balcony of a tourist shop in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Note: as in Ghosts of Christmas Past this post offers a bit of catching up…

Hello. Happy New Year! And here is hoping you too can step from the stereotypical concern for holidaysin terms of days on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event like Halloween, Christmas, etc… to enjoy that other wonderful definition: a period of cessation from work or one of recreation – also known as vacation!

As for the spirit behind THR – the archive librarian recently enjoyed travel to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (taking a break from THR in January 2026). And while most (not all) photos made it to recent posts at a more arty feed @relationary.bower – only one (above) made it to THR because of the Dia de los Muertos theme. The remaining photos (not all) are available to browse (below) and note for those into H. P. Lovecraft, you may just enjoy Slide 6 (2nd presentation below) offering a couple of photos of The Rotunda of the Sea (1996) by Alejandro Colunga (as seen along The Malecón):

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This best-selling series about vintage Halloween collectibles has received five-star customer book reviews --- and are shown here together on a bookshelf that includes four volumes of The Halloween Retrospect 32-page article digests as well as two volumes of art-book series Halloween Artifacts about lanterns and tissue-paper honeycomb. Having sold in the hundreds, these guides have become the foremost go-to references for research-based content- all for sale online from the THR bookstore on Etsy.

What are the best vintage Halloween collectible guides? Ask yourself if your choice provides primary sources and has corrected information as has THR these past 2+ years of publishing.

New updates for October 2025 shows all six best-selling five-star reviewed vintage Halloween collectibles book references by THR offering guides for collectors, as print publications for sale from the archive library online store - with art books, research digests, posters, postcards, and crossword puzzle games. Newest art book is Festoons about tissue-paper honeycomb, fringe, and costume properties as structural and decorative.

THR’s Etsy shop offers one list of all six books – Halloween Artifacts, V!: Lighting with Halloween Artifacts, V2 Festoons as well as The Halloween Retrospect V1, V2, V3, V4.

Catch up with best-selling five-star customer reviewed Halloween collectibles books - each filled with articles and images about the antique and vintage holiday market. Shown here as for sale in a group from Etsy are four 32-page novelty-sized digests by The Halloween Retrospect discussing Dennison, Hallmark, Milton Bradley, John Wilcox, David C. Cook. Rosen/Rosbro, and much much more based on data pulled from THR's archive library of vintage merchandise catalogs.

THR’s Etsy shop offers a combination listing that includes all four research digests The Halloween Retrospect Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4.

Offering a discount price on two books sold together - THR online bookstore on Etsy is proud to offer together these popular vintage Halloween collectibles books Halloween Artifacts, V1: Lighting (about lanterns, shades, and glow-in-dark-diecuts) with Halloween Artifacts V2: Festoons (about garlands, centerpieces, and costume hats) - with book covers shown surrounded by actual antique and vintage objects from The Halloween Retrospect collection.

THR’s Etsy shop offers a combination listing that includes just the two recent art-survey books Halloween Artifacts, V!: Lighting (about lanterns, shades, and glow-in-dark diecuts) together withHalloween Artifacts, V2 Festoons (about garlands, centerpieces, and costume pieces).

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