Not everyone feels compelled to deck their homes, inside or out, with spider webs and ravens and jack-o-lanterns.
Still, we've noticed a fair amount of Halloween-themed home accessorization in our neighborhood this year, and it prompts us to wonder:
I don't go all out, but I do put up the pumpkin lights. I also buy pumpkins and those funny-shaped gourds.
I hear Halloween is the 2nd biggest decorating holiday (after Christmas). It's a fun holiday...no stress or pressure. PURE FUN! :)
Nobody comes to our house for trick-or-treating (we're not in a dense enough, easily walkable neighborhood). So the one time I decorated, I felt like a big fool.
I put something on our door which is inside our building, but if I had an outdoor space I might do more.
We go all out. Not the cheesy, cutesy stuff, but subtle unsettling things. We don't get much in the way of trick or treaters, but we always host a pre-Halloween cocktail party to get everyone in the mood and discuss last minute costume issues.
I recenty learned that it has become a game among friends to identify this year's new decorations.
I'm old enough to remember when "decorating for Halloween" meant carving a pumpkin and putting a candle in it, period. After one encounter between a blunt knife and a stubborn pumpkin, during a fit of domesticity circa 1987, I have limited any Halloween decorating to thinking about arranging mini pumpkins as a dining-table centerpiece, then not getting around to it.
Does this approach count as minimalism?