RE: holiday decorating

Y'all are cracking me up. My idea of decorating is to leave all my
cobwebs up until Halloween and tell everyone it's ambiance. I have a
Christmas wreath I put out on the porch (and used to stay there until
about May - ask Jesse) until Pat across the street got sick of looking
at it and made me a Spring wreath and a Fall decoration, which I'd
better find here pretty soon I guess. Definitely no Martha action going
on at my house. LOL LOL



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:43:35 -0500

>I thought the same thing Melody--- what is Kitty talking about
>Thanksgiving?!? Figured she was on her feet too much this weekend LOL!
>
>Nice to hear about a town that still enjoys the holidays... a few folks
>here decorate for X-mas, but not much for Halloween. The town puts on a
>night at the local park... free hot dogs and hot cocoa with a bonfire
>and hayride. (Yes, I am the one passing out the hot dogs)
>
>Seems fall is always so busy for me, never get the Halloween decorations
>out of the basement....
>
>But X-mas here is the Griswalds.... no doubt about it....:) Had to
>install extra circuits and plugs just for the holiday. We have lights
>and animated everything in the front lawn.... 
>
>Inside is no better, as a collector of D56 houses, we have a village,
>make a forest in the front bay window (like 12 trees crammed in there)
>and have tons of animated stuff also... just bought a new snowman... he
>is five feet tall, motion sensor, so as you walk by him, he sings (mouth
>opens, head turns) and dances (whole body moves).. looks like a person
>in a costume.
>
>Now to get the house cleaned and the yard ready for winter so I can
>start on stuff is another matter...
>
>Donna
>
>> 
>> Huh? Tomorrow is Thanksgiving??? Kitty...have you been into the
>catnip?
>> Today is Columbus Day...you're about 5 weeks early for the other. LOL!
>> Unless you have one of those families that celebrates holidays on it's
>> own schedule?????
>> 
>> 
>> re: holiday decorating...it is something we get into really big for
>both
>> Halloween and Christmas...our little town usually has a contest for
>each
>> holiday to see who can put up the best display. Plus we have one lady
>> who believes in decorating for the fall/winter holidays like she is
>> related to the Griswalds from the Vacation movies...matter of fact,
>> around this time of year, that is how her place is referred to by
>> everyone in town, as in "You wanna go see what the Griswalds have put
>up
>> now??" My husband and kids and I love to decorate for halloween...we
>> have a 10 foot wide spider web that we cover in glow in the dark
>> webbing, complete with giant spiders; a graveyard with bones, spooky
>> music, and lots & lots of other stuff. And Trick or Treat in our town
>is
>> a hoot!!!! Even the parents dress up in costume to go with their kids
>> and a few of the homeowners have little mini-haunted yards with cool
>> visual and sound effects and scary things...We have a neighbor lady
>who
>> has been making popcorn balls for about 40 years and the kids who are
>> now adults with kids and grandkids of their own make it a special
>> highlight of the holiday to stop at MaryRose's and collect their
>popcorn
>> balls. She also mails them to kids in the service so they won't miss
>out
>> while they are away from home. And you should see Christmas
>here...it's
>> amazing!
>> 
>> We're going to get started on our Halloween decorating this week, as a
>> way for the kids to relax after school each day as they have
>> standardized testing (Iowa Test of Basic Skills) all day every day
>this
>> week and will need something fun to do after school.
>> 
>> 
>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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