Thread: what do you think??

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Personally I'm not a fan of using Santa really. Kind of like keeping the halloween separate from the Christmas theme. I do agree that if I was bringing young Santa-believing kids to a hayride like this I would be pretty unhappy when I exited. Can you give us more info on who your anticipated hayride patrons will be and is this set to run during Halloween or during the winter.

Thanks for the input everyone.. Yes this is a hunted hayride with blood zombies and gore. i'm not catering to little kids but yes i did have a few familys come to my haunt last year. The thought crossed my maid and it seemed like a good idea. i'm thinking of using the elfs to haunt and not santa. Thanks again.

If demon babies are fine (as one of the ads here shows), there's nothing wrong with glorifying a mythical bearded man.

Extending Haunts passed November is a toughy.
A Christmas haunt venue has been tried using various methods and variations upon themes.
Some have went to a Christmas light show and a show for kids, usually brought by Grandparents, who will spend the money, but nobody wants to pay or thinks that they should pay a Christmas display the kind of dollars they pay for a haunted house, so all that extra goofy work and expense,... but will it be financially worth it to the person doing it?
If you are in or close to a large population I feel you could possibly draw a large number of a Haunted, Gruesome Christmas.
Be advised any new business has to be able to stick it out at least three years to see if it's Really working or not.
There are actually many styles of haunting, any may work, if they can find out about what you are offering. People who come here because their friends loved my house may be severely disappointed because I don't do movie monsters or gore or aggressive scares, which shows that different people like different styles of entertainment.(I go for humor here)
I try to be selective and cautious with the scares here because what I have is a haunted , haunted house and this factor will scare some more long term and much more deeply than any rubber mask with a screamer. pretending to attack.
I have had people be impressed by the special effects here, that were not special effects but an actual apparition...the same one that has been appearing here since 1925.

Dang auto-correct. There's nothing wrong with GORIFYING a myth...

First time I read your post I thought it said:"Glorifying".

Originally Posted by FearingtonHouse

If demon babies are fine (as one of the ads here shows), there's nothing wrong with gorifying a mythical bearded man.

I agree with this.

Dead babies chewing on their own extremities are fair game, but a scary Santa is not? Bloody clowns wielding meat cleavers are fine, but creepy elves are off limits? I dunno my friends.... sure seems like the book is wide open sometimes.

Personally, I don't care for any of that type of stuff, but if I did it sure would be fun to screw with Xmas. Jack Skellington was certainly a hit, though he did it in his own way.

Originally Posted by GhostTown

I agree with this.

Dead babies chewing on their own extremities are fair game, but a scary Santa is not? Bloody clowns wielding meat cleavers are fine, but creepy elves are off limits? I dunno my friends.... sure seems like the book is wide open sometimes.

Personally, I don't care for any of that type of stuff, but if I did it sure would be fun to screw with Xmas. Jack Skellington was certainly a hit, though he did it in his own way.

I guess that's why there is no right answer, different opinions and tastes (and demented state ). Personally I'd love to have a "zombie apocalypse hits the north pole" kind of scene (that would be an interesting movie), but the intended audience should be PG13 IMO.

Since xmas appeals to the little kids, it may be hard to target the right audience. With Halloween, there is a preconceived notion of what to expect - scary stuff. Xmas has the preconceived notion of good tidings, cheer and all that other crap.

Maybe this comes down to expectation management?