FabSwingers.com forum: Halloween decorations

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Seen them in the shops! Personally I love Halloween, always have and I like that more houses are putting decorations up like Christmas.

But what about everyone else. Too Americanised?

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

Personally I don’t like that Halloween is now seen as more important than Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night is part of our history!

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By *aui.Man
over a year ago

around here

Every year I want to do an elaborate set up outside of the house. You know the kind of thing, lights, dry ice etc. I always leave it too late though. Maybe I'll take this thread as a reminder and get ordering some stuff

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

Are they out?! I need some new decor for the house. My decorations stay up all year round

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Better than Christmas decs

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Personally I don’t like that Halloween is now seen as more important than Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night is part of our history! "

How about we all hang a fake body outside for Halloween then burn it it on the 5th of November?

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Tbh I always celebrated it alone as a kid but in a Rentaghost kinda way.

Hate trick and treat and the thinking a little girl looking like a ghoul is ok

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

Nah can’t stand it. Never liked Halloween.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't even acknowledge it!

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By *ll-Knight-longMan
over a year ago

Derby/Notts(Long Eaton)

We turn our complete rear garden into a scream fest with smoke machines, laser effects, back screen projection of ghosts in windows, animatronics & lots of gravestones spooky lighting ,floating candles , and sound effects with a dragon head that breaths lit up redsmoke oh and a large mediaeval tent with Harry Potter themed smoking bubbling cauldron and potions and a huge spider with webs…… and scare all the neighbours kids and adults as them gingerly walk through lol

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

I have far better things to spend my money on but good luck to those who enjoy spending silly money on Halloween.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Halloween, the one time of year that kids are encouraged to knock on the doors of total strangers, so they can get a bucketful of sweets..

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South

I go a bit OTT with our windows because my bambino’s enjoy it. Bonfire Night is a no go in our house as my youngest has sensory issues and doesn’t like the noise, so Halloween and Christmas are our main events.

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"We turn our complete rear garden into a scream fest with smoke machines, laser effects, back screen projection of ghosts in windows, animatronics & lots of gravestones spooky lighting ,floating candles , and sound effects with a dragon head that breaths lit up redsmoke oh and a large mediaeval tent with Harry Potter themed smoking bubbling cauldron and potions and a huge spider with webs…… and scare all the neighbours kids and adults as them gingerly walk through lol"

Love it

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By *oo..Woman
over a year ago

Boo's World

My kids have a few little Halloween bits but that's it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't even acknowledge it!"

This......

No decorations out round this way = no one comes knocking. Perfect.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love it!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Personally I don’t like that Halloween is now seen as more important than Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night is part of our history! "

Here here

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

Oh I adore it. All the autumnal foliage and pumpkins and cute spooky things. And the candles. Normally an associate sends me some of their brilliant work, like floating candles last year.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Personally I don’t like that Halloween is now seen as more important than Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night is part of our history!

Here here "

Trouble is all the dog owners take the fun out of bonfire night saying fireworks should be banned etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love Halloween, it's always been a thing in our house, lots of candles a nice meal and making the house cosy

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Prefer Halloween! Don't like fireworks animals suffer x

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

I don't decorate much but I do like crafting cute things (or watching videos that make me think I could make cute things

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"Personally I don’t like that Halloween is now seen as more important than Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night is part of our history!

Here here

Trouble is all the dog owners take the fun out of bonfire night saying fireworks should be banned etc. "

I agree they should! Not just dog/cats although tbh mine are fine with them my friend has horses last year one injured its legs bolting in her field! She goes sits with them every eve she can through the firework period, its a miserable time! For them plus all the wild animals I shd imagine x

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By *eliusMan
over a year ago

Henlow

"Personally I don’t like that Halloween is now seen as more important than Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night is part of our history! "

Agreed, Halloween is the grey squirrel to our red! Bugger off!

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

I decorate my kids love it. Have a big spider web that hangs from the upper floor into the front garden. We then decorate the inside of the house. And then we have a Halloween/ guy burning/ uncles and one of the kids birthday parties.

We love it plus all the decorations go it the attic so are used each year.

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By *randmrs1975Couple
over a year ago

chester

I love it!!! Whole front garden is decorated for a week...giant spider....giant web coming from the house...coffin lid with skeleton hands creeping out the sides...giant head stone...loads of stuff. Add something every year and we get dressed up too to answer the door, usually the grim reaper. Great fun and the kids do selfies with the stuff .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love it! It's fun. I love getting dressed up, decorating, baking Halloween goodies, listening to spooky music. Now I've got a little one it's even more enjoyable when the time comes around.

I think life is so short, and nothing much exciting happens anyway when you're a basic bitch like me. So it's lovely to turn a bit spooky for a week or so. It's a good excuse for stuffing my face with sweets.

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple
over a year ago

chester

"I love it!!! Whole front garden is decorated for a week...giant spider....giant web coming from the house...coffin lid with skeleton hands creeping out the sides...giant head stone...loads of stuff. Add something every year and we get dressed up too to answer the door, usually the grim reaper. Great fun and the kids do selfies with the stuff ."

That’s everyone knowing exactly where we live now

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I love it! It's fun. I love getting dressed up, decorating, baking Halloween goodies, listening to spooky music. Now I've got a little one it's even more enjoyable when the time comes around.

Same. Me and my son have a pumpkin each we carve. I want to try pumpkin pie but I don't want to commit yo baking a full one, then discovering I don't like it.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Our local pub has a lovely display which is all the more amazing as they only have a skeleton crew..

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

I enjoyed Halloween as a child but think far too many things are over commercialised, including Halloween.

It wouldn't even cross my mind to put up Halloween decorations.

Nita

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to enjoy dressing up as Michael Myers in boiler suit and mask and knife and opening the door to trick or treaters..

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By *tsalwaysthequietonesCouple
over a year ago

Lancs

Oddly enough we go all out for halloween but I never put anything up outside for christmas

I usually get the kids to make decorations and then I stick them up in the window.

I clingfilmed my daughters legs one year, then covered them in clear tape, cut her legs out of them and stood them in the window with lights inside, it sounds rubbish but they honestly looked pretty cool in ny opinion. They looked like ghostly witch legs.

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By *loomy GirlWoman
over a year ago

leicester

"Seen them in the shops! Personally I love Halloween, always have and I like that more houses are putting decorations up like Christmas.

But what about everyone else. Too Americanised?"

You call them Halloween decorations, I just call them regular home decor lol

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By *ittleMissSexy2017Couple
over a year ago

Kent

Love love love Halloween sadly can’t get away with many decorations where we live…so just spend the month watching horror films and dressing up!

Carve a mean jack o lantern though!

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Like anything else, the excess and the overdoing it quite often spoils it for everyone. Fireworks is a genuine problem that is not getting addressed as is the hoards( and I mean hoards) of kids knocking on your door for hours. It can be intimidating having 20/30 kids at your door at the same time. I do like some of the decorations you can get these days but nothing over the top.

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