@Koolhandjoe@Targaryen I live about a dozen miles outside of Halloweentown and I can tell you that for 11 months of the year, it’s not a thing (thankfully).
@mbersiam I will dig around and see if I have anymore babies to make earrings out of… what about tiny hands?.. she have any of those?.. I might have some spare doll eyes lying around as well now that I think about it.
Yeah, there must have been a start some years ago, but there’s certainly no end in sight. I just like to know when I can go shopping for new and better home decor that fits the overall theme of death that I’ve built my home around.
Spooky Season used to start on October 1. I remember that from back in the ‘60s. In the ‘70s, the bags of Halloween candy started to show up in mid-September, and then the kids’ costumes began inching their way to Labor Day and beyond. Mostly, it still starts around September 1, but the fact that shabbily-made and overpriced “costumes” for adults are now merchandised in specialty pop-up stores (a few of which remain open all year in a few areas) is the big change from when it was just a kids’ thing here. And fan conventions (particularly the Anime events) have made “cosplay” an all-year activity.
A side note: In the '50s and ‘60s, one of the most popular candies that got tossed into kids’ bags was Bit-O-Honey, which was and remains a vile and nasty thing that only the truly insensitive would ever inflict on a hopeful child. There are a number of other toss-unopened types as well, for which no known subadult ever evinced the slightest interest or even tolerance. The experience of the brave or foolishly optimistic few who tried to peel the paper off of those was proof to the rest that these things were best quietly binned.
@werehatrack I don’t ever recall having a bit o’ honey. Maybe I’d feel differently now if I tried it. These days I don’t really eat candy since I get all the high-fructose corn syrup I need in everything I eat.
@Lynnerizer@mike808@Targaryen@werehatrack you could buy candy with those stamps? My mom talks about them sometimes, but only mentioned small appliances and kitchenware items
@Pony Ditto, I regularly go to Aldi’s this time of year to find creepy LED lamps for our living room ‘mood lighting’ theme.
As I sit here and look around, we have 6 flickering tiki lamps, a trio of LED candles, and 2-Halloween-themed metal lanterns with a room-wrapping string of multi-color LED’s doing a slow fade in/out cycle [although those are technically Christmas lights].
@Kyeh you bet your butt I did! I got super lucky! I missed the sale on the website. (Started in the middle of July!) I’ve been calling the stores asking when they were setting up their Halloween displays so I could be there when it happened.
I could of bought the new pumpkin vine skeleton that home Depot released as well… But it doesn’t fit the graveyard theme. I could of been a jerk and resold it like everyone else is doing.
@Kyeh the pumpkin skeleton would be amazing for a corn field type situation, but I’m doing a graveyard. I haven’t decided exactly where he’s going yet but I’m super excited about it.
I just now painted this little guy! I wasn’t too hip on finishing once I noticed he was already starting to rot! Not too shabby for my first time ever painting a pumpkin! We always carved ours.
@Kyeh
Well thanks Kyeh! I wasn’t thrilled with it but for my 1st try it’s acceptable. And once I saw that it started rotting, perfection went out the door! Lol
The guy who was giving away his extra veggies (and pumpkins) had “dark purple” ping pong ball size tomatos that tasted amazingly delicious! Jus sayen…
Officially fall starts on the 22nd this year. In Florida it doesn’t really feel like fall weather until Halloween, or after.
I’ve been finding Halloween stuff for weeks now. Cracker barrel is the first around here and puts their stuff out in July. They’ve had their Christmas stuff out for 2 or 3 weeks now. Target is usually the last and sometimes they don’t put their stuff out until the end of September. Majority of places have it by labor day.
Spooky season is year long for me, which a lot of you already know.
Once I see Halloween stuff in stores, my spirit is lifted instantly. I know once November hits, I’ll be disappointed.
I want to decorate for Halloween now, but I don’t want my neighbors to think I’m too crazy. I think I’ll start the last week of September. Kinda like a lot of people do Christmas right after Thanksgiving. Get that last week of November in.
I’m itching to put up my giant 12ft skeleton. Maybe I can put him in my backyard, peeking around the corner of my house… Lol.
@RiotDemon Do you have a chimney? You could put him on the chimney like he’s climbing to the top. Or on the roof, like an overhang, partially sticking out like he’s looking at anyone coming towards the house. There’s a lot you could do with him! Sound fun!!
@Tadlem43 no chimney. I think I’m going to put him dead center in my yard, or center of the front of my house so I can maybe attach some additional anchors to him. I don’t know yet. I have so much more Halloween stuff this year than I did last year because my friend gave me a bunch of stuff. I’ll have to play it by ear as I start putting it out. The worst part is that the grass is still growing super fast in October and my lawn still needs to be mowed every 1-2 weeks… Which is frustrating as hell when it’s covered with stuff, lol.
Unofficially, year-round. Personally officially, August 8th, as that is the anniversary of the earliest I have ever seen Halloween garbage on the ground (I always mean to post the photo I took that day on instagram, but almost always forget). Generally, I guess when the weather changes, but maybe when the leaves start changing (check) and acorns start showing up on the ground (also check). So, if someone’s wearing a light jacket, it’s begun (also check, saw a man unnecessarily in a light jacket ealier tonight).
All year round, it never stops.
@riskybryzness Rockin’ that Halloween Tree into the new year.
@riskybryzness @Targaryen
And here I was thinking only lazy christmas nuts did that! 
@Lynnerizer @riskybryzness Toss some NYE stuff on and now it’s a NYE tree!
@RiotDemon is the expert, but she’s temporarily (I hope temporarily) MIA at the moment.
@f00l I noticed that, I hope she is ok!!!
@f00l @tinamarie1974
Likewise!
@chienfou @f00l @tinamarie1974 I’ve been summoned!
Just going through some shit.
@chienfou @f00l @RiotDemon hope it all works out the way you want!
/giphy positive vibes
@chienfou @f00l @tinamarie1974 thank you.
@f00l @RiotDemon @tinamarie1974
Hope it all sorts out soon!
I have been operating under the assumption that it has no beginning and it never ends… it just always is.
@Koolhandjoe We know you live in Halloweentown year round.
@Koolhandjoe my daughter loves her baby earrings and has asked for more for Christmas
@mbersiam I made 2 kinds… which does she have… the dangle babies or the baby studs?.. oddly not a sentence I thought I would ever type
@Koolhandjoe she has both actually
sometimes she mix-and-matches them 
she loves them
@Koolhandjoe @Targaryen I live about a dozen miles outside of Halloweentown and I can tell you that for 11 months of the year, it’s not a thing (thankfully).
@mbersiam I will dig around and see if I have anymore babies to make earrings out of… what about tiny hands?.. she have any of those?.. I might have some spare doll eyes lying around as well now that I think about it.
@Koolhandjoe yes! Hands and eyes would be awesome and you would make me the coolest mom! She only has the two different baby sets
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
Can we start now, please
@tinamarie1974 Do it. I’m already seeing pumpkins and clay jack 'o lanterns at the grocery stores.
@Targaryen I did just get some ghosts, guess I can hang them… and maybe get Fred the life sized skeleton out!!!
@Targaryen @tinamarie1974
Hit the grocery store
Looking to buy myself gourds
They’re all made of clay
@replicacobra @tinamarie1974 Oh my gourd!
@replicacobra @Targaryen @tinamarie1974
Costco had a metric shit-ton of costumes out on the floor yesterday when I was at the Montgomery store…
Yeah, there must have been a start some years ago, but there’s certainly no end in sight. I just like to know when I can go shopping for new and better home decor that fits the overall theme of death that I’ve built my home around.
Spooky or not, I just want it to stay below 90 degrees.
@pmarin
Rochesterian
I hope it’s not 90 and
I hope it won’t snow
@pmarin Agreed. I woke up to rain and it was 70s this morning. I’m convinced 60s and 70s are the best temperatures.
…but as a @Targaryen don’t have that fireproof stuff goin’ on?
@replicacobra Same, although I’m a little West out in Orleans Co. now!
@pmarin Sadly I’m one of the lesser known ones. The good stuff only goes to the others.
/youtube the doors the end
I guess I’m alone
I want a crisp nice fall first
And then get spooky
We didn’t do any spooky last year, Covid had the monopoly on it. So we should have extra time this year. Go for it!
Spooky Season used to start on October 1. I remember that from back in the ‘60s. In the ‘70s, the bags of Halloween candy started to show up in mid-September, and then the kids’ costumes began inching their way to Labor Day and beyond. Mostly, it still starts around September 1, but the fact that shabbily-made and overpriced “costumes” for adults are now merchandised in specialty pop-up stores (a few of which remain open all year in a few areas) is the big change from when it was just a kids’ thing here. And fan conventions (particularly the Anime events) have made “cosplay” an all-year activity.
A side note: In the '50s and ‘60s, one of the most popular candies that got tossed into kids’ bags was Bit-O-Honey, which was and remains a vile and nasty thing that only the truly insensitive would ever inflict on a hopeful child. There are a number of other toss-unopened types as well, for which no known subadult ever evinced the slightest interest or even tolerance. The experience of the brave or foolishly optimistic few who tried to peel the paper off of those was proof to the rest that these things were best quietly binned.
@werehatrack When I was a kid, there was a dentist in the neighborhood who gave out toothbrushes on Halloween.
@werehatrack I don’t ever recall having a bit o’ honey. Maybe I’d feel differently now if I tried it. These days I don’t really eat candy since I get all the high-fructose corn syrup I need in everything I eat.
@Targaryen @werehatrack
At least Bit O’ Honey was better than fucking candy corn.
/image brachs turkey gravy candy corn
@mike808 @Targaryen @werehatrack
) I will eat a Bit O’ Honey! …and enjoy it!! Yum! 
I’m with YOU on that note! I NEVER liked candy corn, (Ew gross
@Lynnerizer @mike808 @Targaryen @werehatrack bit o honey is great! Loved getting it at Ben Franklin as a kid!!!
@Lynnerizer @Targaryen @tinamarie1974 @werehatrack
I couldn’t wait until I had enough S&H green stamps in my book to buy some Bit O’ Honey. Or some blackjack gum.
@Lynnerizer @mike808 @Targaryen @werehatrack you could buy candy with those stamps? My mom talks about them sometimes, but only mentioned small appliances and kitchenware items
@werehatrack Bit-O-Honey is from the gods!
I keep looking for it in metric fuck-ton size packages for a reasonable price. It’s sold in bulk at my local store for approx. $18,000.00/lb.
I think it’s still listed on the Commodities market with gold, silver, and platinum.
Chewy as hell, nutty, almondy, sweet taffy heaven.
@G1 @werehatrack My mother prefers the tiny bags at The Dollar Tree because they’re fresher.
Some call it Halloween season. I call it new home decor shopping season. Our house is full of creepy goodness year round.
@Pony Ditto, I regularly go to Aldi’s this time of year to find creepy LED lamps for our living room ‘mood lighting’ theme.
As I sit here and look around, we have 6 flickering tiki lamps, a trio of LED candles, and 2-Halloween-themed metal lanterns with a room-wrapping string of multi-color LED’s doing a slow fade in/out cycle [although those are technically Christmas lights].
@PhysAssist Excellent!
It’s lie the hotel California …
@RiotDemon
You got the giant skeleton?!?! 
@Kyeh you bet your butt I did! I got super lucky! I missed the sale on the website. (Started in the middle of July!) I’ve been calling the stores asking when they were setting up their Halloween displays so I could be there when it happened.
I could of bought the new pumpkin vine skeleton that home Depot released as well… But it doesn’t fit the graveyard theme. I could of been a jerk and resold it like everyone else is doing.
@Kyeh @RiotDemon
Riotdemon’s hand
Ownership implication
By proximity
@RiotDemon Fantastic! I think the classic skeleton is neater anyway.
@Kyeh the pumpkin skeleton would be amazing for a corn field type situation, but I’m doing a graveyard. I haven’t decided exactly where he’s going yet but I’m super excited about it.
@RiotDemon You’ll definitely post photos when you get it done, right?
@Kyeh for sure!!
I just now painted this little guy!
I wasn’t too hip on finishing once I noticed he was already starting to rot! Not too shabby for my first time ever painting a pumpkin! We always carved ours. 
@Lynnerizer Wow! That looks terrific - you’re quite the painter!
@Kyeh
Well thanks Kyeh! I wasn’t thrilled with it but for my 1st try it’s acceptable. And once I saw that it started rotting, perfection went out the door! Lol
The guy who was giving away his extra veggies (and pumpkins) had “dark purple” ping pong ball size tomatos that tasted amazingly delicious! Jus sayen…
@Lynnerizer Nice!
Officially fall starts on the 22nd this year. In Florida it doesn’t really feel like fall weather until Halloween, or after.
I’ve been finding Halloween stuff for weeks now. Cracker barrel is the first around here and puts their stuff out in July. They’ve had their Christmas stuff out for 2 or 3 weeks now. Target is usually the last and sometimes they don’t put their stuff out until the end of September. Majority of places have it by labor day.
Spooky season is year long for me, which a lot of you already know.
Once I see Halloween stuff in stores, my spirit is lifted instantly. I know once November hits, I’ll be disappointed.
I want to decorate for Halloween now, but I don’t want my neighbors to think I’m too crazy. I think I’ll start the last week of September. Kinda like a lot of people do Christmas right after Thanksgiving. Get that last week of November in.
I’m itching to put up my giant 12ft skeleton. Maybe I can put him in my backyard, peeking around the corner of my house… Lol.
@RiotDemon Same. It doesn’t get chilly here in Dallas until January/February.
@RiotDemon Do you have a chimney? You could put him on the chimney like he’s climbing to the top. Or on the roof, like an overhang, partially sticking out like he’s looking at anyone coming towards the house. There’s a lot you could do with him! Sound fun!!
@Tadlem43 no chimney. I think I’m going to put him dead center in my yard, or center of the front of my house so I can maybe attach some additional anchors to him. I don’t know yet. I have so much more Halloween stuff this year than I did last year because my friend gave me a bunch of stuff. I’ll have to play it by ear as I start putting it out. The worst part is that the grass is still growing super fast in October and my lawn still needs to be mowed every 1-2 weeks… Which is frustrating as hell when it’s covered with stuff, lol.
@RiotDemon @Tadlem43 hou could make it jungle/savanna themed lol then the grass is part of the display haha
Unofficially, year-round. Personally officially, August 8th, as that is the anniversary of the earliest I have ever seen Halloween garbage on the ground (I always mean to post the photo I took that day on instagram, but almost always forget). Generally, I guess when the weather changes, but maybe when the leaves start changing (check) and acorns start showing up on the ground (also check). So, if someone’s wearing a light jacket, it’s begun (also check, saw a man unnecessarily in a light jacket ealier tonight).
@mossygreen
August 8th, 2015, outside the Ulta they later tore down. REMEMBER FOREVER.