I have been decorating my front door for Halloween for a couple of decades. I talked about it previously here. This year, however I won't be doing it up much. The reason? The premiere party for the movie noted below. I co-wrote a horror/comedy short a couple of years ago a the request of an actress. And, dang, if she didn't get it made! Anyway, the screening is Halloween night, so I won't be home for the trick-or-treaters.
Sorry, this came out pixelated. It might be the first time I tried using my phone to film it, instead of a palmcorder or iPad. Or that weird digital recorder I got from somewhere.
The problem sometimes is I buy more stuff then I can use. The original point of the mechanical man was that it was quick to set up and take down and pack away. Since I'm not leaving these bigger decorations out for the whole month, ease was the main drive when doing this. Then I'll go out and buy fake stone wall paper and can't figure how to incorporate it. Or buy a poseable life-size skeleton. That's when I started decorating the small balcony about the front door. I could place things up there for the whole month.
My favorite thing is to try and make it look like the skeleton got caught up and tangled in the lights it was putting up.
Now, the Peanuts decoration. That I got for my wife. Saw it on someone's lawn and figured I should get one. Here's the thing, I set it up in front of the stoop and the lawn care guys cut off part of Linus' head the day after I set it up. That's another reason I would delay putting out the bigger decorations; the lawn care people. They never copped to it. They raked up and disposed of the cut-off piece but I put it up every year (expect this year) anyway.
The problem sometimes is I buy more stuff then I can use. The original point of the mechanical man was that it was quick to set up and take down and pack away. Since I'm not leaving these bigger decorations out for the whole month, ease was the main drive when doing this. Then I'll go out and buy fake stone wall paper and can't figure how to incorporate it. Or buy a poseable life-size skeleton. That's when I started decorating the small balcony about the front door. I could place things up there for the whole month.
My favorite thing is to try and make it look like the skeleton got caught up and tangled in the lights it was putting up.
Now, the Peanuts decoration. That I got for my wife. Saw it on someone's lawn and figured I should get one. Here's the thing, I set it up in front of the stoop and the lawn care guys cut off part of Linus' head the day after I set it up. That's another reason I would delay putting out the bigger decorations; the lawn care people. They never copped to it. They raked up and disposed of the cut-off piece but I put it up every year (expect this year) anyway.
