The Halloween Spirit
A friend once described the way I decorate for Halloween. She said, “Julie decorates for Halloween the way most people decorate for Christmas. And she decorates for Christmas the way nobody does.” I love to transform my entire house into a Halloween haven. Every room gets some treatment, even down to the hand soap in the guest bathroom. Now that it’s just a few days until October, however, I find myself reluctant to open up those boxes. I’m not ready to decorate.
I think the biggest reason for this reluctance is that it’s 85 degrees outside. This is summer weather. It has been a beautiful September, and no, I am not complaining about the temperature at all, but it doesn’t FEEL like fall. When I mentioned this to my husband, he reminded me that this is Utah. It will be summer weather until there is a sudden cool down. We will have fall for two weeks, and then it will be winter. I don’t want winter. If the weather wants to stay in the 80s through October, then I will not complain. It just doesn’t feel like the time to decorate.
Another reason is that it’s been a busy September! We’ve had events and activities every week. It has not been the settling down into a school routine that I expected it to be. We just finished up a fun and frenzied weekend at Salt Lake Comic Con, and the idea of starting my month of spooky ghost story events in just a few short days seems very abrupt.
Not to fear. This morning as I drove to work I noticed there were trees who had leaves falling, even in the hot temperatures. I made sure to crunch through them as I went walking with my friend this afternoon. I’m going to put on my spooky music, and carefully open one or two of the many boxes of Halloween decor. It’s still a few days away, but if I put up something here, and something there, I’ll be ready.
It will be delightful.
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