Things That Go Bump In The Night!
The full moon loomed, suspended in the sky like a swollen pupil less eyeball. It’s pale light dripping, spreading like a killing frost on the innocent neighborhood below. A few of the houses were dark and silent, sitting like rotten teeth in the gapping mouth that was Bleaker Circle. Where they were feeding!
Muffled shrieks and howls were swallowed as the thick frigid night absorbed every sound like vacuum. Dark shadows creeping house to house leaving gasping and breathless victims in their wake. As their numbers grew, the pack began chanting a low ominous dirge…
“Trick or Treat, smell my feet! Gimme something good to eat!”
Scare ya? I hope so, ‘cause it’s almost that time of year! Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeen!
Like our other Guilty Pleasures, people just love creepy things! We love to get scared and to frighten others! It takes our minds off of the real-ly scary things in our world today. We go to great lengths to transform our beautiful homes into Houses of Horror and throw out all the stops turning our children and ourselves into ghouls, vampires, zombies and ghosts. Saying all the while, “It’s for the Kids!”
Kate and I are good examples. We raised 7 kids together and looked forward to Halloween every year, starting at Labor Day. Now we’re by ourselves, thousands of miles from our kids and grandkids. Why bother to go to the trouble? Hell, we love it! We start decorating October 1st, so we have a whole month of Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeen!
We’re not the only ones! In 2007, Americans spent over 5 Billion dollars on all things Halloweeny! It’s a proven fact that Halloween home decorations out rival even Christmas décor and that Halloween is the only holiday that prompts a wide spread donning of unique and highly conspicuous apparel. Even our pets get into the act. 1 in 10 households dressed their pets in costume last year. Devils and pumpkins were the top favorite pet costumes, with witches, princesses and angels rounding out the top five.
As far as Holiday Home Décor goes, Halloween brings out our best. Scarecrows, ghosts, cobwebs, there is no limit! Manicured lawns turn into spooky graveyards. Beautiful homes and organized garages transform into haunted houses! We just love our Halloween and spare no expense when it comes to frights! Some of us like it real scary and others prefer more playful haunts.
Here at Gifts by Sasha, we have playfully scary Halloween Décor, including Halloween Garden Stake Sets, Skull Candleholders and Frosted Halloween Ghost Lights. We even have Halloween Activity Book Sets to amuse your kids (big and small) before and after their candy feed!
C’mon, get into the spirit of things! It only happens once a year so start early and make a month of it! While you’re here, checkout our Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Home Décor! The Holidaze are here and like all good scouts, we need to be prepared!
By David Spangenburg
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