That's the question of the day. Each year, as I watch the days slowly meander through the month of September, I ask myself the same question, "Is it too soon to pull out the Halloween decorations?"
(Ian typically answers with an emphatic, "Yes!")
But...I just want to. Somehow, over the years, Halloween has replaced Christmas as my favorite holiday. Before you brand me a heathen, please let me explain. While the "idea" of Christmas is still tops, the season has simply been invaded with more stress than I care to deal with. In all my attempts to simplify (it has been my battle-cry each year) I have yet to manage it.
Thanksgiving, with all it's talk of gratitude and blessings, is fantastic, of course. Fantastic until you're responsible for cooking the necessary Thanksgiving dinner for your family. (And, before you tell me that turkey is not necessary, I'll warn you that it would sound blasphemous to my turkey-dinner-loving heart.) Oh...and it's only really worth the effort if your family exists of more than three children who don't really care for what you cook.
That leaves me with Halloween. My kids are back in school...and will remain there for this particular holiday (awesome). The oppressive summer heat is finally retreating (also awesome). And, all I'm really expected to do is dress my children up in something and send them out in the world to collect candy (seriously awesome). In short, it's perfection.
So, I'll ask again, "Is it too soon to pull out the Halloween decorations?"
7 comments:
No, it’s not too soon to decorate for Halloween. Fall is my favorite time of year and the longer the fall colors last the better. You go Girl!!
You are my favorite person IN THE WORLD. You rock those Halloween decorations and do you have a grandma nightgown I can borrow for Megan? We are doing the little red riding hood thing this year.
Haha. I always make Damon wait until Oct. 1st to put up our decorations. But you've seen our decorations and the fact that they are a little bit... over the top. Halloween is a great time of the year. I like your theory that the less stress makes it the best holiday. Maybe that's why I like Easter so much. :)
That's why we are such good friends...pretty opposite. James asked me last year, "Why does our house NEVER look cool like my friends'?" Yup, that's me - super, awesome, non-decorating mom. :)
a) i never decorate for halloween, too much work, but i'm totally with you on the stress-free holiday love.
b) my family's doing thanksgiving in utah this year. our traditional dinner is a-mazing. ya'll should totally come! then you can see first hand what crazy gloria has done to her house.
I am not a big Halloween fan, even though I have 4 children. I don't really decorate for it and our trick or treating for that night consists of the ward trunk-or-treat and a possible swoop around the mall for their trunk-or-treat. I do not even pass out treats to trick-or-treaters scouring the neighborhood. We go home, shut the door, and keep the lights off in the house while we retreat to our downstairs familyroom to watch a movie and not be bothered. Halloween is my "bah-humbug" holiday. I do decorate for the fall season in general.
absolutely not, we have already been trick or treating.
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