this is the first year that i have not gotten out my halloween decorations-the only thing i have done is put my fall wreath on the front door. on one hand, it's kind of sad to not have the decorations up, on the other hand, there is relief that i don't have anything to put away.

We have not done much with the outside this year other than a wreath and some pumpkins because we've had one family death and another may be looming.

We do hav everything up on the inside though--three lighted pumpkins, my lenox halloween pieces, fall potted mums in gold & oranges, I have some witches hanging from the balcony, halloween/fall wreaths hanging up on doors inside the house...there may be some other little pieces scattered about too but I cant think of them off hand.

No Halloween at our house this year! Off to visit colleges the entire weekend with the second child. My, how time flies...

I have scarecrows and will be decorating pumpkins. Where can I find battery operated candles?

We get ours at Michael's.

They seem to be all over the place this year-at the usual places, like Michaels and Joanne Fabrics, also Target and Walmart. Also saw some in my local Safeway.

I usually just carve a few pumpkins for the front of the house, and put out my little ghost shaped candle holders, but i have not had time to carve any pumpkins, so I just have these pitiful little ghosts sitting out on the coffee table :( Sad, really.

This year we've put out orange tube lights over the door and the candy corn and ghost lights around the porch! With random pumpkins, of course. How about y'all?

--still anti-the growing use of wizard purple and poison green as Halloween colors--

Since we live in an apartment complex, we will probably put streamers around the door or something similar to that. We are carving pumpkins, but that is because the alumnae association is going to the pumpkin patch on Saturday. We will put them on our porch, but no one can really see them there...

Purple and green for Halloween. Fail.

There's only one Halloween color as far as I'm concerned -- black. Anything else should be whatever color it naturally is: orange pumpkins, etc. I'm really not one for Halloween decorations that look like decorations, and definitely no lights (Halloween is about the dark), though I sometimes replace all the lights on the front of the house with things like blue bulbs on Halloween night.

Seriously, for me Halloween should look like this:

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...tersHouse2.jpg

I need a good theme for my trunk at our church's Trunk or Treat. The first year I did it, I strung a shower curtain and towel across my trunk (SUV with swing open door) put presents out everywhere and dressed as a baby...I was a "baby shower". Last year I did Tinkerbell/Pixie Hollow. This year I have a monarch butterfly/fairy costume (mainly bought for the Renaissance Festival). I don't really want to do Pixie Hollow again, but it would be easy enough. With my costume being Orange and black, I could easily go traditional Halloween "stuff".

Well this will be our second Halloween in England, and its not really a big deal here.. But I do like to decorate, I carve a few pumpkins, which sit on the porch just to let the neighborhood kids know its ok to knock. I pass out candy and will usually dress up. I've gotten my place of work to get everyone member of staff to dress up this year for the kids that come into the store, and we'll pass out candy them too. I love halloween so much more than any other holiday, i miss US halloweens.... :(

We've decorated big-time in and out this year because we have an Australian exchange student and in her region, they do a minimal Halloween but there are hardly any decorations and when kids trick-or-treat there, they might get candy or they might get a door slammed in their face.:eek:

I have a "Sugar and Spice" Halloween town that I think I'll let her set up this weekend!

We have orange porch lights, with a black light near the door. A welcome "Witch Owl" sign. Skull lights that line the walk to the front door. Jack o lanterns on the front step. Inside there is a Trick or treat sign, singing skull guys, candy bowl, light up pumpkins and ghosts, and pictures of our kiddo in his Halloween costumes throughout the years. I love Halloween. :)

Our borough colors are black and orange. I'll probably leave the one black and one orange recycling bins on the steps so nobody comes up them. I will be dressed as the bad neighbor who's at the movies until 8pm. Not big into Halloween, obviously!