This is a couple days later than usual but I'm holding to the the last
gasps of Halloween before the Winter Holiday Assault begins. Today, the inside
decorations came down. I like taking vacation time after Halloween both for
clearance shopping and sort of mourning period. The outside decorations
usually come down first thing on 11/1. For me, it's part of the magic when
everything in my yard "vanishes" the next day. At least that's what I think my
neighbors think.
How cool is this not-LEGO Sam figure? I got him (and some other really cool
stuff) as a gift. I'd actually been meaning to look for one so he could hang
out with my not-LEGO Jack Skellington.
For Halloween, I tend to make up 40-45 treat bags to hand out. By the time we generally head
into Salem (around 6:30) the bags are almost always gone. This year,
Mrs Dex and my mom stayed at the house while my stepdad and I went into Salem.
There were still bags left when I got home later, so it seems we
had fewer Trick or Treaters than normal. Mrs Dex said people at her work had
fewer as well. Some people think it's due to schools having trunk or treat
events. Which, good for the kids, but terrible for the older "kids" that are
expecting to see lots of costumes at their door. A small part of me is wondering if this will eventually impact the traditional door to door ToT.
Salem seemed to also have smaller crowds this year on Halloween. I'm in a
couple Salem Facebook groups and the weekends leading up to the day were
definitely record breaking for visitors. Of course, it could partially be that it fell on a
Tuesday.
Regardless, we still had fun scaring people and posing for pics. Mrs
Dex and mom are usually the photographers for the night because my costume
does not allow me to handle a phone. Sadly, I don't have any pics to share this year but here's a
video someone else took that I shared on the
Countdown to Halloween Instagram.
I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!
I’m taking down the last of the decorations today as well…all the ones outside disappeared on the first! We had 20 or so trick or treaters, which is actually up on a few years ago, and isn’t too bad for a village with only 50 or so houses! But yeah, not a bad Halloween, thanks!
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