Thread: What Gets You in the Halloween Mood?

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I think it's pretty easy to say that almost everyone on this forum gets in the festive mood before most people when it comes to Halloween, but why?
What sets you off and gets you so in the Halloween mood that you start building props, making plans for your costume, or just surfing the web (like me)?

For me, Halloween is always around in my house since we have Jack-O-Lantern figurines, quite a few Halloween cups, and my favorite pumpkin painting (that I get once I move out!) that stay out all the time so I'm kind of always in the spirit. What really gets me craving some ghoulish things is when a tv show airs it's Halloween episode out of season or if I catch something small online. Or, like last night, I have a dream about it! I woke up this morning thinking that I had seen a bunch of Halloween things at a store and was coming on here to tell you all but then it hit me that it wasn't reality and it's sadly only Spring. :/

I get in the mood by going out in my shop and seeing what I need to get done.Also horror movies and coming to this forum.

i honestly start getting in the mood around the end of August. See, i am originally from Illinois and the cool down starts generally around September. That crispness that is in the air...the pumpkin patches...apple picking...the Walgreens "Perfect Town USA" Halloween commercials, haunted house signs...haunted house commercials...being that I am in Central Florida, watching the ads for the auditions for Halloween Horror Night actors...its a combo of a few things...

The very act of waking up in the morning puts me in the halloween mood. I believe i am always in it. I don't think i am ever out of it except maybe during december so i can be in the christmas mood, and maybe on Thanksgiving day, but other than that Halloween is what i always have on my mind.

my coffin opens....hahaha!
For many years I never have had to wear a watch. Sun up, go to work on the haunted house. Sun sets , take a shower, put on my dark clothes, turn on the doorbell and ..wait.
As is evident I often wait at these computer keys. If I get tired of waiting I might lay on the couch, fall sleep, wake whenever go to bed.
start over next sunrise.
Oh, yes, I'm open every night of the entire year. Ravens Grin Inn-Mount Carroll, Ill.
hauntedravensgrin.com

Ha! Strangely enough, it's usually summertime that gets me in the mood! I guess it's because I'm anticipating the next season, fall. Also, in the summer is usually when I make my decision about my costume and start doing some research and sewing.

Except the real scary thing is....it's June and I still don't know what I want to dress up as this year! Now that's truly terrifying!!!

The end of summer is when I begin to get into the mood. You know those days where it's noticeably cooler (Maybe by 10-20 degrees) than the day before? That's when I really begin getting into the mood.

For me, those days can happen in August, but usually I don't get one until September.

Summer.

As soon as the massive storms of the Plains die off, when the heat sets in and the days become long, drawn-out, oven-hot ordeals, my inner ghoul wakes up from it's long winter nap.

I start getting busy on Halloween, the Funeral of Summer.

I see weeds and lawn grass, and I wish them death.
I see insects and spiders, and I wish them death.
I see the sun baking down, high and arrogant, and I wish it death.
I see bright summer flowers and glaring white-blue skies, and I wish them death.
I see kids out of school, running around sunburned and silly, and I wish them... a long and healthy life, yeah, that works.

I despise summer. I'd love to live someplace where summer is mild and short, but I can't feasibly leave Oklahoma. So I curse the ice cream truck and sneer at the grill smoke and suffer the constant crickets at night while I plan a grand celebration for the death of it all... in my dark, air-conditioned house.

Once I hear the whistles of football practice... I know it is getting close

as the event approaches and i know i need to start working on my props if i'm going to get them done. oh, usually around oct. 1st.