Prepare for Unusual Halloween

The new tendency might be for smaller parties, with guests trusted to be healthy, perhaps family members.  Yet it is not fully a safe alternative, for too many news reports show families with multiple people becoming ill after a gathering.

People are looking for ways to experience happiness, and people being confined is not providing a satisfaction of this need.  Yes, health is important, but humans are complex with many needs.  So, one option is to decorate.

Indoor decorations brighten up the home, and those decorations are appreciated by those who live in the home and those who visit.  Set out some Halloween themed decorations.  If you are not one to appreciate being scared or seeing macabre images, choose nice orange and black decorations. 

Pumpkins and orange balls are decorations for both Halloween and Thanksgiving.  So, if you have pumpkins without Jack-O-Lantern faces, place them out and allow them to remain on display until after Thanksgiving.

Some ideas are Jim Shore Halloween Figurines, and Mercury Glass Pumpkins.  Note that modern Mercury Glass pumpkins do not contain mercury, it refers to a technique of reflecting light by the piece.  The Spooky Town articles below shows many Halloween decorations.

Think about tables and mantles as ideal for decorating with Halloween centerpieces.

One caution is that some Halloween decorations can become irreverent, and should be avoided.  Filtering these out here and in other sections of this article is not possible.

Outdoor decorations can be a way to spread joy with those who pass your display.  Orange lights, path markers, or even other lawn decorations can add to the display.  Just because fewer, if any, trick or treat participants will come by is no reason not to decorate.

When decorating for others, scary works well.  People passing by may like those scary scenes.

As with indoor decorations, some or all of the decorations can be chosen to remain through Thanksgiving.  Perhaps some decorations can be removed and replaced, but some might easily do double duty.

Among the decorations that will make a nice display are Halloween lights, Halloween inflatables, Halloween path markers, and Halloween door greeters.   Of course there are many more outdoor Halloween decorations available.

Projected light displays often have multiple images and color arrangements, so simply changing the scene is a simple adjustment.  This might be a good choice, and the projector can even become a Christmas decoration.  Look for Halloween projector lights.

Lights are an unofficial invitation to children to approach for candy.  No matter how elaborate and beautiful the display, turn the lights off if you are not handing out candy.

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