Hillary's Witch Costume, Taylor Swift as Bella: SNL's Best Halloween Skits

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Ten great moments in goofy, spooky, sometimes actually creepy sketch comedy

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Everyone has their own holiday traditions, so there are no rules when it comes to celebrating the spookiest time of year, Halloween. For 37 years, Saturday Night Live has been helping audiences get into the spirit of the season with their comedic twist on iconic creepy characters and other macabre shenanigans. Here are 10 of the funniest Halloween skits from the series that are at least as funny as this "sexy" Big Bird costume—which is pretty hard to top.

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