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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have always decorated for FALL not for  Halloween or TG.  So, its a few pots of chrysanthemums and some pumpkins and gourds (I have fake artificial ones that have survived for more than 25 years).

As a Hindu, I did not like it when Halloween and Diwali fall on the same night.  If that happens, I meet the kids at the end of my driveway to give them candy.  I also light sparklers for their entertainment and to keep the negativity away.  I would never decorate my house with grim and ghouly stuff because I do believe that this is bad energy according to Vastu and Feng Shui.  But, treat all festivals as a chance to socialize and participate.

Also, my DH will always shout out "Trick" when the kids say "Trick Or Treat?".   Then they all look at his face because they have no idea what TOT means. LOL.  [/quote]

I am not hindu but agree about the negative vibe of Halloween decorations. I think it's so strange to want to decorate your house with imagery of death and scary creatures. I understand the Dia de los muertos decor because there's a very specific story behind it of honoring and communing with actual dead people from your life. It's spiritual and celebratory. It's not like "oooh, scary, a mummy!"

I have a neighbor who turns their yard into a graveyard for halloween, with headstones. They have skeletons and zombies that they show crawling up out of the ground. On the one hand it's very well executed and impressive. But I simply would not want that in my front yard because it's bad vibes.

My kid likes to decorate for halloween so we do pumpkins, a door sign (that is cheerful and friendly looking), and then hang these black bats on the front of the house that are neither scary nor friendly, just look like bats. I always like when Halloween is over and I can take down the bats and the sign and just put out mums and more pumpkins for autumn. But sometimes you make compromises for your kids.[/quote]

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