Blaze Quiz: How Do You Decorate for Halloween?
Photo 1 of 8
When it comes to Halloween how do you decorate your home? Do you have the brightest jack-o-lanterns or the scariest witch? We want to see how Blaze Readers dress up their homes for the holiday. If you would like to share your home photos, email them to us at holidays@theblaze.com.
See some of the decoration photos submitted by staff of Mercury Radio Arts in this slideshow.
Photo 2 of 8
This Arizona home weaved an impressive spider web.
Photo 3 of 8
The plethora of inhabitants in this web is sure to catch neighbors’ attention.
Photo 4 of 8
Even witches must turn off their cell phones while in flight. This mishap was spotted in Delaware.
Photo 5 of 8
These homeowners in Delaware brought their yard alive by inhabiting it with the dead.
Photo 6 of 8
This sideshow display in Connecticut makes motorists look twice.
Photo 7 of 8
Owin' more than he could pay in Connecticut.
Photo 8 of 8
Looks like the Great Pumpkin has made an appearance at this Tampa Bay home.
Popular Stories
MSNBC Host Snaps in Heated Segment: ‘What in the World Is Riskier Than Being a Poor Person in America?’ 694 Comments
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 662 Comments
‘Jumah at the DNC’ Speaker: ‘Muslims Visited America Prior to Columbus’ & ‘It Was a Muslim’ Who Guided Him to the ‘New World’ 525 Comments
Obama: RNC Like Watching ‘Black-and-White TV’ Because Romney ‘Did Not Offer a Single New Idea’ 364 Comments
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 353 Comments
Faith
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 235 Comments- Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More
- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 246 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order Read More- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 147 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 300 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 235 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (33)
ALLRight
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:08pmHalloween is just another excuse to teat down Christianity and promote children as sexual objects. I don’t celebrate it.
Report Post »oldwmn
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:16pmWe quit giving out candy when the Mexican mafia gangs took over our Arizona neighborhood ..the crack houses, the chop shops, when the neighbors began flying MEXICAN FLAGS on their homes and you could not find any American Flags except ours..we turned our 45 year old home into a fortress,,lock n load..are you kidding open the the door yah body bag and toe tag time..go to mapping on google and check the crime rate for your area ours is 184 crimes in 14 days TRICK or TREAT akkkkkkkk
Report Post »alwayshappy
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:58amHalloween used to be fun and simple. Now it has become COMMERCIAL and a joke! I wouldn’t bother decorating for any reason!
Report Post »ILMNATIVE
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:20amDecorated or not. Parents! Check the sex offender website before you take your children out. Please not only check but do your due diligence. I have seen far too many improperely entered zip codes, check the alpha roster and look at the addresses. Protect your children please. The predators are just like everyone else. Some decorate some do not.
Report Post »Ladytrucker
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:17amI love the colors of fall so decorating is mostly cool lights and colored candles. I live alone so I‘m really the only one that sees it so it’s just for me. Plus it a great excuse to have candy everywhere!
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:56amThe nonbelievers scoff and the lukewarm believers alike participate. True believers like myself do not participate. This holiday tries to instill fear in children. Christians do not walk in fear nor do they teach their children to walk in fear. I could go on about it’s pagan roots, but you get my drift. Needless to say, I do not decorate.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:10amI don’t celebrate Halloween. It is Satanic.
I don’t suffer my kids some candy, but I don’t celebrate.
It’s a shame that Halloween is celebrated in school and your kids are subjected to Satanic celebration while Christmas and Christ-centered celebrations are modified, restricted, and otherwise discriminated against.
Disgusting.
Report Post »ALLRight
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:10pmAgreed. It is not a Christian holiday to be celebrated and more Christians should refrain – including Glenn Beck IMHO.
Report Post »NC
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:52amScrapadapolis, in reply to your earlier post quoted here”O bytheway all who claim to be christians All Hollos eve was NOT a pagen day for gools and the devil..It was a tradition started during the days of the puritions to dress in garb to WARD OFF evil sprits.Soon it became to the actions of a few to trick you for not giving a treat.And if you got your treat you would not be subjusted to the trick…Please study before you pose as a preacher and CLAIM to be a christian..”
From wikipedia -
In Britain the rituals of Hallowtide and Halloween came under attack during the Reformation as protestants denounced purgatory as a “popish” doctrine incompatible with the notion of predestination… The Puritans of New England, for example, maintained strong opposition to the holiday.
I don’t like the holiday and did not realize I was preaching. Nowhere in my post did I state my religious beliefs. I could be one of any numerous other religions. There is good, there is evil, and there is my humble opinion, which I have stated.
Report Post »G M Martin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:19amI don’t participate.
Report Post »SpeaknUp
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:11amI don’t.
Report Post »Timothy
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:08amI go all out decorating. From the cutesy section for the little kids to the “Spooky” graveyard area for me and the older group. Every year on November 1st I hit the stores and add a few new things for next year. I put in cosmetic contact lenses and sit on the front steps to chitchat with all the neighbors. I also decorate more and more for Christmas. Some people don’t know our names but recognize us as the decorators.
Report Post »Bandito Mojito
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:46amHalloween is one of my least favorite holidays. As a kid I enjoyed it. But as an adult, no thanks. The past few years we‘ve had plans on halloween and so we’ve left a large box of candy out front with a note saying “Please just take one or two.” Ha! One year I’d like to do that and then just quietly watch out the window and bust the little brats who take it all at once. But their parents would end up being lawyers and they would probably scream “entrapment!”
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:38amO bytheway all who claim to be christians All Hollos eve was NOT a pagen day for gools and the devil..It was a tradition started during the days of the puritions to dress in garb to WARD OFF evil sprits.Soon it became to the actions of a few to trick you for not giving a treat.And if you got your treat you would not be subjusted to the trick…Please study before you pose as a preacher and CLAIM to be a christian..
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:29amHere in upstate central NY we decorate more in the fashion of the end of harvest.We put out our haybales and pumpkins,corn stalks.Dress dummies with the fallen leaves.
Report Post »marthasusan40
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:28amWe love Halloween, it is not evil, it is fun. We do everything as a family..we have 10 ft blow up ghost in the front yard and arrange 20 electric pumpkins in a different scene each year…we carve several pumpkins, again as a family. We celebrate on halloween with trick or treat in our neighborhood, we get about 250 kids at our door. We put out a cute graveyard with a fog machine and spooky music, we host a family party so that the older generation can participate. …you can make anything into evil if you try hard enough. we choose to have fun and create traditions in our family.
Report Post »NC
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:39amThe dog and other animals don’t know what day it is, so there’s no decorating them or the house.
We do not recognize or celebrate Halloween because of the reason behind the season. Remember, the evil one’s greatest trick is to convince everybody he does not exist.
NC (knows all the good in the world must be balanced with an equal amount of evil)
Report Post »Gump
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:48amno
Report Post »Dotado
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:11amI used to but you can only pick up so many rottted old carved pumpkins before it gets old and you ask yourself..do I really want to touch that mess? Same with the mumms except more along the lines, why did I spend my money and watch them all die regardless of how many times I watered them. Now, I enjoy other people’s decorations! Besides, I’m in such a rural location no one but me would see them anyway.
Report Post »PFN
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:06amI don’t generally decorate for any holiday. I did notice though that corporate America already has Christmas stuff on the shelves well before halloween. I guess we are skipping Thankgiving this year. After all aside from a boost in turkey sales it is not a profitable holiday.
And we wonder why the economic chaos is out of control.
Report Post »NotPoliticallyCorrect
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 4:06amI can’t stand Halloween. Even as a kid I didn’t like it.
Report Post »9.12momLynnette
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 2:46amWe’ve been decorated all month. I love the fun that is Halloween. I like happy jack o lanterns and cute decor. Made 2 of my children’s costumes. We have already done 3 Halloween parties so far, come tomorrow we are going to have candy to give out. We are new to the (really great) neighborhood, we’ll go to the neighbors we know, should be fun. :-)
Report Post »scully
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 2:12amWe carve a pumpkin for the front step and we hand out candy to any kids that happen stop by…usually only 2 or 4. My son and I go up and down our street trick-or-treating…Only about 8 houses and they all know us. Although I we are Christians, I see Halloween as on of our American traditions….not as a religious holiday or pagan or what have you. It doesn’t have any deep meaning to us other than a fun way to dress up spooky and have fun as a family. Sometimes fun is just fun. Simple as that.
Report Post »reddreads
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:34amI agree with you, sometimes fun is just fun. When I was a kid we weren’t allowed to celebrate Halloween because it was satanic. The first time I went trick or treating I was 19. Now when September rolls around my husband gets a glint in his eye and starts pulling out all the decorations and talking about what new stuff we need this year. I told him not to buy candy a week early but he just couldn‘t wait and now it’s half gone! Last night we carved pumpkins and my dragon looks more like a My Little Pony but that’s cool since I was gonna spray it with glitter anyway! Also, melon baller/avocado scrapers are AWESOME for cleaning out the pumpkin guts!
Report Post »tbacct
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:52amI don’t decorate for Halloween because, as a born-again Christian, I do not “celebrate” Halloween.
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:44amWe have a lot of children in our neighborhood. I bought 2 pumpkins at Aldi for 2.99 ea. A black spider at Target from their dollar bin at the front of the store. Oh, and a plastic skeleton at Ross’s for 5.99. That’s it.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:25amI have no yard, and I don’t celebrate holloween.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:22amI like it… but I’m too lazy!
Report Post »