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hopefulmjz
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Decorations!
Posted: 09-25-07 12:55pm
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Do any of you ladies decorate your house
for Halloween? Not for a party or
anything, but just to decorate. I don't
have Aidan today, so I took advantage of
that and started going through cupboards.
I found some of my Halloween decorations
and Adriana and I put them up. It was fun,
except for when I stood on the chair to
see better, Adriana told me to "SIT!"
I have only put up window clings and some
door decorations. I have spider webs that
I want to put outside on the deck, and I
also want to deck out the deck this year
(we just got a bigger one, woo!)
Any ideas?
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young Girl
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Posted: 09-25-07 12:56pm
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lol
we bought these ghost light up thingys to
put in the yard
and some witches stuff
thats about it though
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 09-25-07 13:04pm
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We really don't do the whole halloween
thing over here so i can't help you. i did
see the cutest little pumpkin outfit today
when i was on my way back from the doctors
though
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Posted: 09-25-07 13:31pm
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halloween isnt a big holiday like it is in
america. sure you get the odd kids, which
i never get in the flats where i live,
thankgod! but theres loads of cute lil
outfits i wana buy william in asda and
just take pics and keep them as a memory
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Posted: 09-25-07 13:36pm
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We saw a ton of decorations in Michael's
on Sunday. They had these glass vials with
stoppers labeled "eye of newt" and other
things. It was so cute! And you know how
they have those little electronic villages
or whatever for Christmas? Like Nativity
sets and village squares with little
moving parts? Well, they make those for
Halloween too  it was awesome!
They're expensive though.
As far as decorating for outside, maybe
you could do some fake spider webs and
replace your lightbulbs in your front
rooms with black light bulbs, so there's a
blue glow that can be seen from outside!
You can do pumpkins too probably. Are you
dressing Adriana up this year?
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Posted: 09-25-07 13:38pm
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grr... stupid condo association! we can't
do any decorating outside. they don't even
do trick-or-treating here!
take pictures of your deck! make sure you
get a skeleton to chill out there!
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 09-25-07 13:56pm
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I have to dedicate one of these weekends
to decorating. I only looked at wal-mart
real quick, not looking for anything
specific, just browsing. I'll have to go
check Michael's out! Maybe I can stuff
some of my nephews clothes and make a
headless guy out there and sit it next to
the door 
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Posted: 09-26-07 03:52am
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| rosejackson
wrote: | | halloween isnt a big holiday
like it is in america. sure you get the
odd kids, which i never get in the flats
where i live, thankgod! but theres loads
of cute lil outfits i wana buy william in
asda and just take pics and keep them as a
memory |
I was about to say the same thing. I might
dress jay up but it will only be so I can
take a few pictures, seems kind of
pointless I probably wont bother. We dont
get any kids round here at the door
either. From tv shows it looks like a huge
thing over in the States.
I thought this thread was going to be
about christmas decorations already!
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Posted: 09-26-07 04:57am
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| sick_mama17
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I thought this thread was going to be
about christmas decorations already!
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Me too!
We don't bother with Hallowe'en either. I
remember when I was a kid I asked my mum
if I could go trick or treating and she
told me no because I might scare some poor
old lady living on her own. I think she
was worried about me being out on the
streets knocking on random people's doors
too.
I won't let Max go trick or treating
either. I don't think it's right to annoy
people by banging on their doors and
making them feel obliged to give sweets or
money. A lot of elderly people might
worry about what would happen if they
didn't give anything.
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rosejackson
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Posted: 09-26-07 05:36am
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i never used to go trick or treating
because my dads always hated it. they say
at school, never talk to strangers except
on this 1 night when you tell your kids to
beg for sweets! so i wasnt allowed to go.
didnt really bother me. williams not guna
go trick or treating when he gets older
unless he goes with his auntie louise or
charlotte
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Posted: 09-26-07 07:24am
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i feel bad for the uk girls. halloween is
awesome!!! it's my favorite holiday and
i'm hoping it'll be finn's favorite too.
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Jules
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Posted: 09-26-07 07:27am
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Don't feel bad for us! I don't think we
want it! LOL.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 09-26-07 07:51am
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I'm with Bridget, Halloween is my
favorite. A lot of people celebrate it.
They stock up on Candy because they want
to usually, and they enjoy seeing all the
little kids dressed up. If they don't want
to, they simply turn their porch light
off. That's pretty much a general "rule"
if a porch light is on, you don't go to
that door. Pretty simple really.
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Posted: 09-26-07 07:52am
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| Jules
wrote: | | Don't feel bad for us! I
don't think we want it!
LOL. |
i still feel bad because you clearly don't
know what you're missing!
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Posted: 09-26-07 07:58am
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| BridgetHeartsFinn
wrote: | | Jules
wrote: | | Don't feel bad for us! I
don't think we want it!
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i still feel bad because you clearly don't
know what you're missing!
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Well, judging by the American films, I'm
missing serial killers that won't die and
prey on sexy teenagers. That seems to be
the theme, right?
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Posted: 09-26-07 08:28am
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I've just re-read this and it looks like
I'm being snarpy and that's not my
intention! I'm not a fan of trick or
treating but I love Hallowe'en simply for
the spooky factor. I wasn't trying to
sound all 'God you Americans and your
silly holiday!"
Oh nothing I say today comes out right!
I'm going to go and eat a big bar of
chocolate. The diet's screwed anyway!
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Posted: 09-26-07 08:33am
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I love Halloween! I have window clings,
door knob hangers, glass jars that say
"ghost parts, spider legs, goo juice etc.
I hang up glow in the dark signs and
skeletons. I don't care for the spider
webs though. They are so stinkin hard to
put up and even more of a pain to take
down.
I didn't hang any of my scary decorations
because I don't want to terrify Jaylon.
We used to get tons of trick or treaters,
but every year it gets less and less. I
always buy tons of candy and when I'm
tired of passing out candy I dump all my
remaining candy into the last kids sack.
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Posted: 09-26-07 08:37am
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lol Jules. you crack me up. i probably
won't do anything for hallowe'en either.
i'm supposed to be organising a party for
the gothic group i go to but i won;t
actually be attending it lol.
last year we were up north for hallowe'en
and i took my little sister tick or
treating down just one street and she came
back with a huge bag of sweets and £27
in london nobody answers there doors so i
most probably won't take them 
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Posted: 09-26-07 09:20am
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Lol jules you dont sound snappy! You were
simply explaining how it is over here, and
im glad we dont celebrate it much either!
I wont let jay go trick or treating when
hes old enough because its just not a safe
thing to do and also what you said about
scaring old people, I think maybe its the
teenagers who do that and take things too
far. Some people can get really scared
about what someone might do to their house
if they dont answer the door so I know
what you mean. A halloween party could be
fun though, like a chance to dress up, but
then I wouldnt want jay to go because the
costumes/face masks might scare him. I
might sound over the top but young
children are sensitive and I dont want him
having nightmares or seeing scary things
before hes old enough to understand.
Christmas is our holiday!!
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Posted: 09-26-07 09:23am
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Oh yeah, CHRISTMAS!!! i CAN'T WAIT! I'm
so excited because Max is old enough to
really enjoy it this year and I can tell
him all about Father Christmas and we can
leave a mince pie and sherry out and I can
take him into town to watch the Christmas
lights get turned on and oh I just can't
waaaaaait!!!!
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