Thread: Some of your favorite things that remind you of fall/Halloween during off season.

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Near my childhood home is an old (old old old) cemetery which is fenced away from the main portion of the modern. The Majority of tombstones date back to the Revolutionary War and prior. As you could imagine, the head stones are simple and thin, aged from the elements, with plain hand chiseled skull and bones on them -- it used to frighten the crap out of me as a kid.

The lot in right next to the street and an old church, so whenever passing it I look at the spooky setting and that is a good reminder of Halloween.

I don't really start catching the 'bug' till mid-to-late August though.

Decorating in general and then passing out candy because it gives me a reason to dress up.I haven't been to a haunted house in about 15 or 16 years though!I don't like carving pumpkins all that much only because I suck at it!Last year instead off carving one I just bought some those foam stickers to make a face with.

That cool, crisp late September, early October air. You can just feel it. I love it.

I'm glad many of you share what I thought was just me and my crazy obsession with Fall and Halloween. I work in retail and get to experience the nostalgic vibe of Fall and Halloween earlier than most. We are usually shipped that seasons product at the end of July and beginning of August.

Originally Posted by moonbaby345

Decorating in general and then passing out candy because it gives me a reason to dress up.I haven't been to a haunted house in about 15 or 16 years though!I don't like carving pumpkins all that much only because I suck at it!Last year instead off carving one I just bought some those foam stickers to make a face with.

I suck at pumpkin carving also. I just do it to bake the seeds in salt and butter.

the cool breeze of the fall bringing the harvest smells, digging out the decoration, seeing anything halloween related or what can be used for decoration, watching horror movies, smell of sugar ( candy lol) and more hehe

This weekend I noticed that a family about 100 yards away from us has implemented PUMPKINS in their flower garden this year! How cool is that?

i had to tick the top 3 on the poll. i like giving out to the TOT'ers but i couldn't choose out of the top 3 choices!

the crisp cool air, the leaves, that 'electricity' feeling that apparently only we seem to get (or is it just me, haha) going into a store and seeing the first display of the season

Whenever I get scared, I'm reminded of Halloween. I always try to heighten my threshold of fear and I'm never disappointed on Halloween. So whenever I get scared, I think of my favorite holiday, wondering what creeps and spooks I'll see this year. I get so excited just thinking about it.

Taking walks through the thick trees in the park do the trick, too. I love walking among the silence and nature, thinking something wicked could be lurking; the winding roots of the trees seem like stairs leading to another realm. Thinking of the otherwordly creatures that haunt the silence and rule the darkness when I'm not there reminds me of Halloween and the strange mystical quiet that autumn brings.

Heres an example fo what I was talking about.

The pics dark. We had a fire going after the fireworks tonight. Its a nice, cool night. Had the fire going, torches lit, and making smores.

Any time I pass by the candy section of a store.

Any time I watch my old favorite black and white monster movies, like the Universal classics!

Any time...any time is a good Halloween time!