I welcome guests to a dinner party and serve drinks, but if you take away my very first letter, I become a spooky phantom haunting an old mansion. What am I?
A host
This is a letter-manipulation wordplay puzzle. A 'host' is a person who receives and entertains guests at a gathering or event. Removing the initial letter 'H' leaves the word 'ghost,' which is the spooky spirit floating around haunted locations during Halloween. Noticing the single-letter difference solves the riddle.
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