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Do you decorate the inside or outside of your house for fall or halloween? I decorate the outside with pumpkins and (Original Post) debm55 Sep 2025 OP
Neither SheltieLover Sep 2025 #1
Thank you very much SheltieLover. debm55 Sep 2025 #2
Inside with a few touches outside BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 #3
Thank you very much. BlueWaveNeverEnd. I do like fall mums and pumpkins on the outside. Nothing on the inside. debm55 Sep 2025 #4
Always have a big pumpkin on the outside steps surfered Sep 2025 #5
Same here. Thank you surfered. debm55 Sep 2025 #6
Yes, but just a few days before Halloween, and just enough to let the trick-or-treaters know we're participating. Mister Ed Sep 2025 #7
Agree, Mister Ed. I like to have just a nice Fall Theme.for now. My front porch light is my only Halloween decoration.. debm55 Sep 2025 #8
NO Tikki Sep 2025 #9
Thank you Tikki. I don't think I worded it that way. You can decorate with flowers or a pumpkin for fall. Sorry. debm55 Sep 2025 #10
Oh my, Debm. Tikki Sep 2025 #13
We have a witch that my husband made and he always hangs it from our roof in the front of our house. kimbutgar Sep 2025 #11
Very sweet , Thank you kimbutgar. debm55 Sep 2025 #12
I gave up on outdoor pumpkins. The squirrels and other critters here destroy them Ziggysmom Sep 2025 #14
Both. My fall decorations have been up over a week. Found my Halloween tote in the attic yesterday that contains my appleannie1 Sep 2025 #15
This thread needs to be repeated mnhtnbb Oct 2025 #16
Usually a couple of tiny pumpkins justaprogressive Oct 2025 #17
Nope. catbyte Oct 2025 #18

debm55

(61,736 posts)
4. Thank you very much. BlueWaveNeverEnd. I do like fall mums and pumpkins on the outside. Nothing on the inside.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:43 AM
Sep 2025

Mister Ed

(6,991 posts)
7. Yes, but just a few days before Halloween, and just enough to let the trick-or-treaters know we're participating.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:09 PM
Sep 2025

If I put out a few decorations, they can tell that they're welcome to come a-knocking. But the extravagantly over-the-top lawn displays that start a month or more before the event are not for me.

debm55

(61,736 posts)
8. Agree, Mister Ed. I like to have just a nice Fall Theme.for now. My front porch light is my only Halloween decoration..
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:23 PM
Sep 2025

Tikki

(15,222 posts)
9. NO
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:41 PM
Sep 2025

We turn off all the indoor and outdoor lights.
This a rural type neighborhood with no sidewalks or street lights and too near the entrance road from town to country. No parent should allow children to trick or treat here.
Honestly, it has been decades since we heard a child out front on Halloween.

The Tikkis

debm55

(61,736 posts)
10. Thank you Tikki. I don't think I worded it that way. You can decorate with flowers or a pumpkin for fall. Sorry.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 01:02 PM
Sep 2025

Tikki

(15,222 posts)
13. Oh my, Debm.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 06:15 PM
Sep 2025

I am the one who is sorry.
No I do not decorate and it used to worry us so that parents would pop their children out of the car
at the bottom of the hill and tell them to wander from house to house for treats.
The homes are not in a row and have between 1/4 acres and full acres between.
But back in the 80's we did get some tricker treaters and I worried so for their safety.
I believe the City Council addressed it telling parents to drive their children to each house.
We, also, have no door to door soliciting by law here.

Tikki

kimbutgar

(27,558 posts)
11. We have a witch that my husband made and he always hangs it from our roof in the front of our house.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 01:11 PM
Sep 2025

He’s been doing it since 2000. Our neighbor across the street asked us after Halloween to keep it up a week longer because it made her laugh every morning looking at it having her coffee. She passed away unexpectedly in 2003 and we renamed it as the MaryLiz memorial witch and put it up every year. Neighbors will tell us when they pass our house that they get a kick out of that witch ! I also have a duck and cat statues inside my gated foyer that I dress in Halloween attire. And then we do it up on Halloween with lights, pumpkins, ghosts etc. One year we were out of town for Halloween and some kids told me they missed our decorations!

Ziggysmom

(4,158 posts)
14. I gave up on outdoor pumpkins. The squirrels and other critters here destroy them
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 07:31 PM
Sep 2025

quickly, and I refuse to buy plastic decorations. I do love to bake pies from fresh pumpkins and roast the yummy seeds to eat too!

appleannie1

(5,478 posts)
15. Both. My fall decorations have been up over a week. Found my Halloween tote in the attic yesterday that contains my
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 07:47 PM
Sep 2025

Halloween decorations. Last year I passed out candy as a witch. The green face scared some of the younger ones so this year I will dress as a female pirate. After the candy is passed out both my sons and my D-I-L and myself will head into town for our own libations. I might be 82 but I am still a kid at heart.

catbyte

(39,309 posts)
18. Nope.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 11:22 AM
Oct 2025

I figure I'm doing good if I manage to put up a Christmas tree. I wouldn't call myself lazy, but...OK, yeah, I'm lazy.

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