You need to get with Martha Stewart, either by website or old Halloween magazines. She has the best grownup Halloween ideas that are very classy. I've used lots of her stuff in the past. One of my favorites is decorating with simple black silhouettes of Halloween icons, you know...cats, bats, pumpkins, witches. One year we turned our living room into a bat cave with silhouettes of many many bats (didn't count, but there were A LOT!). I like the theme of having the guests dress all in black, perhaps you could stage a funeral?? Coffin, candlelight, black roses, black fabric swags on all the windows, and even "black" food choices (dark chocolate looks black), some caviar is black, black punch. Or how about a Masquerade Ball? All the guests could dress in black and white and wear fancy masks, you know with feathers, sequins, etc.

I'm rambling...definitely get onto Martha Stewart.com...she has much better ideas than me!!

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