Thread: Halloween in your area

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I was just curious (hey, I'm a woman.... need I say more??! )

How is Halloween night in your area? Are you the only "crazy" people on your street or do you have fellow halloweeners joining in on the fun?

We are the only ones on our street who decorate and make it scary, with tombstones, spider webs, sounds and complete set-up (re: theme).... Our neighbors (not even all of them) just put a carved pumpkin out on their porch, and that's it (how boring is that??!!!!).... So we are considered the crazy ones on the street, and in our little town....... but we're loving it

How about you?

Yeah, this is our second High Unholy Holiday in our new neighborhood. I think the area is pretty quiet. Last year a neighbor from around the corner stopped to chat as I was putting up some lights and said her daughter wanted to know if we were "just weird" or "really liked Halloween!" I told her to tell her daughter we were both!

We did have about 300+ TOTers, so it can't be all bad!

A couple of near neighbors put out a few lame inflatables and toss up some webbing (that looks like a cotton candy machine exploded - darn it, there's an ART to stringing up webbing people!) but otherwise, we're one of maybe 10 houses in a HUGE subdivision that goes all out.

The majority of our street don't even turn on their porch lights or hand out candy for the ToTs.

We don't socialize with the neighbors so I have no idea what they think of our display.

Originally Posted by Frankie's Girl

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We don't socialize with the neighbors so I have no idea what they think of our display.

We don't socialize either, but I heard a few folks' comments last year (OMG! What were they thinking? They're scaring the children!

- DUH! it's Halloween!!!)

We are definitely the talk of the town. There are a few other houses that do a few inflatables or maybe a scarecrow and a bale of hay but nothing like what we do! I love the attention and its very flattering to have kids lined up to take their picture in your yard but, honestly I'd love to see others put out a good display too. I want something to look at beside my own stuff!

We've moved to a new neighborhood (and state) since last Halloween. but last year we were the only ones in our whole neighborhood who did anything. After 4 years of doing it everyone began to anticipate it and ask when we were going to start setting up which was nice. In our new neighborhood we've already made LOTS of friends and they tell us that 2 other houses went all out last year, so hopefully that will bring even more TOTers our way! I can't wait to find out!

I just move out and finally got my own place so I don't know what people do in my area for Halloween but come set up time i'm sure the neighbors are gonna be watching and shocked if they have never seen my set up at my parents house. Also if 2000 people show up again like last year for my free haunt i'm sure someone gonna be pissed.

We are the only house that has a haunted walkthrough in our neighborhood. Many put out something, several do lights and some bit of decoration. What was really funny last year was the house at the opposite end of our street had a church carnival for Halloween night!

I'd say there are about 2-3 other houses in my neighborhood that put up some pretty good stuff in their yard. [graveyards, witches, pumpkin inflatables, etc.] The rest of the folks just put up haybales, craft scarecrows, mums, and other decorative things for the fall season.

I remember TOTing in this same neighborhood when I was a kid. There used to be 3 actress witches in a yard stirring a cauldron and chanting. It really creeped out the kids. Also, there was a guy who ran around the neighborhood in a mask and trenchcoat scaring kids!
But the best of all was a guy who actually brought a black horse into our subdivision. He was riding this horse around the streets dressed as the Headless Horseman! It was so awesome!

I guess our house has become a "must see" for a lot of folks. We're the only house for a few blocks that does any kind of display. It's fun to see the crowds and have people comment on the effort. I guess I appreciate any effort people put into the holiday, whether it be inflatables, a newspaper stuffed dummy, or even a simple jack o lantern. Not everyone takes it to an extreme like a lot of us, but kudos to anyone who takes time to at least put something out there.
When we were kids, there were no real elaborate displays of any kind. Most houses put out a basic JOL and some paper cut outs on the door.