Halloween is a staple of US culture; costumes, candy, decorating windows and yards. The roots are in Ireland and England, but we’ve added our own twists. So glad we learned about pumpkins from the first peoples of the Americas, root vegetables like turnips would be much more difficult to carve! A few examples of the holiday decor within a mile of our house.
Finally, the place our child has named “The Halloween House.” It’s earned its name by remaining decorated with a Halloween theme for five years straight with no time off. Last year it was an enormous spider web and spider on the front. This year there are multiple ghosts, skeletons, a bottle tree, gargoyle and a sign that says Every Day is Halloween!
¡Olé! –Rebecca
This post is part of Becky B’s Past Squares, the past theme is “kinda.”
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Do you know I always think of it as an American tradition these days! I know All Hallows Day has a Celtic past, but modern Halloween in Britain feels much more American.
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I’m sure US businesses would love to expand their Halloween market abroad. 😉 Sounds like it has begun…
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Certainly has – roads now close for trick and treat in some areas.
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ooh don’t know why I didn’t notice it early but looks like the ghosts have made your squares rectangles!
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Oh my gosh, Becky. You’re right! Not sure how that happened. Sometimes wordpress grabs the old file. Now fixed. : )
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Yay 😀
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Thanks for pointing it out, my intentions were utterly square. 😉
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Savannah is starting to get spooky too!
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Thanks for your comment, Alice! Does your neighborhood have pumpkins and ghosts by the doors? 🙂
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yes, they are starting to show up
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That’s fun. Do you like to decorate for Halloween?
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Not much since the kids all moved out
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Makes sense to me. : )
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I remember (trying to) carve Hallowe’en swedes as a child ( I think you call them rutabaga?). It’s a wonder I have a hand left.
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Glad you retained all your fingers. What a brilliant life preparation; if you can carve a rutabaga/swede, you can do anything!
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Ah, but on the whole … we couldn’t.
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A for effort!
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In the apartment complex where I live, we’ve had a few cases of the coronavirus among fully vaccinated neighbors. As a result, for a second year in a row, we won’t be holding our pumpkin carving competition and sharing a potluck meal together. I miss that.
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Rosaliene, I’m very sad to hear that. I’ve realized we can’t have our annual Día de los Muertos party indoors either. We will try a smaller configuration outdoors.
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The Halloween House must be impressive to your child. I’ve seen houses fully decorated with light and sound effects indoor and outdoor.
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Thanks for your comments, Miriam. The houses you described sound very spooky indeed.
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It did, Rebecca. Even though it was right across the street, I didn’t go in.
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I’ve seen a few that are too spooky for me! Too much mwoo-ha-ha.
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I know, I could hear the sound effect from that house.
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Yikes.
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the house is decorated like that all year, or just at halloween? Lol!
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The kings and queens of Halloween with the pennant banner have it up all year!
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lol
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