Thread: If you had the choice to leave indoor decorations up all year...

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No, I have to put it all away every year. I get very claustrophobic with all the decor after a while. I need to be able to clear it all out and have "breathing room" again.

Well, I don't have a lot of storage at my house so a lot of my Halloween stuff just winds up in my bedroom during the off-season; hanging from the ceiling, propped up on walls, stuffed in the closet, and stuff like that. And my room always feels strangely empty and weird when I move it all out for the season.

Odd to say, but I have a harder time sleeping when all the skeletons, cadavers, and ghosts *aren't* in my room!

I always leave one or two things out. I like to leave my really expensive little things out that are collector items or vintage. I have a pumpkin head man with a trick or treat pail I leave out.

I'm a person that likes change. So probably not year round. Spookytown is another storie.

I think about halloween year-round and talk about it a lot, but I think the wife would have a fit if it were up all year. Actually the house is mine from August through Halloween. She gets it for November and December for Christmas.

That being said I do get a thrill when I finally get to put out my displays. I'm not sure I would get the same buzz if it were up all year.

Glad to see we're not the only family that has Hallowe'en stuff in the house all year long. In our case, it's limited to just a black bat hanging from the ceiling, a few glow-in-the-dark stars, a Haunted Portrait and a set of Dracula/Frankenstein/Wolfman busts. In the Workshop I have a few large items out all year.

I would love to leave all my favorites up all year long! I currently leave my animated Jason up all year long in my Lakers game room. I just remove the knife so I dont get smacked by it anymore... lol!

I leave some things up like the haunted portraits my GF made, but most of it comes down and goes into one of the unused rooms in the house or in the basement. The trick is explaining it to the cable guy or the electrician when they are in the house and see skellys, gravestones, and coffins everywhere.

Originally Posted by Laurie S.

...would you feel right at home and that they were just as special, or would you prefer to have the certain couple or few months to look forward to?

I guess it depends on the person. I have so much i keep some packed away but other things that are really fragile stay out year round for fear of getting broken. I want to transform my bathroom into a Halloween bathroom. Working out the specifics now LOL

whew, im normal then.. HAHA, i leave a few little things out... but it has to come down so Christmas can go up...