The upper east side of NYC has been going mad for Halloween and every year the decorations get more wild.
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The upper east side of NYC has been going mad for Halloween and every year the decorations get more wild.
Not long ago giant plastic skeletons were too "low class" for this neighborhood. No longer it seems. It's bigger than Christmas.
It legit looks like a suburb in the 80s. kind of makes me nostalgic.
In our building (south bronx) we are having the kids go around from apartment to apartment again and have fancy door signs so they know who has the goodies.
I think I may carve a pumpkin.
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The upper east side of NYC has been going mad for Halloween and every year the decorations get more wild.
Not long ago giant plastic skeletons were too "low class" for this neighborhood. No longer it seems. It's bigger than Christmas.
It legit looks like a suburb in the 80s. kind of makes me nostalgic.
In our building (south bronx) we are having the kids go around from apartment to apartment again and have fancy door signs so they know who has the goodies.
I think I may carve a pumpkin.
@futurebird Our designated trick-or-treat time is TODAY (the last Saturday on or before Halloween) so I have to get ready. I'm not ready.
(I should have been in the mood. We visited Copenhagen's beautiful Tivoli Gardens weeks ago and they were already into their Halloween event, decorative gourds and skeletons everywhere.)
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@futurebird Our designated trick-or-treat time is TODAY (the last Saturday on or before Halloween) so I have to get ready. I'm not ready.
(I should have been in the mood. We visited Copenhagen's beautiful Tivoli Gardens weeks ago and they were already into their Halloween event, decorative gourds and skeletons everywhere.)
@mattmcirvin @futurebird The designated trick-or-treat day is a good idea. Halloween in a weekday is just awful.
Around here, trunk-or-treats tend to go on weekends, so you could trick-or-treat any day if walking around a parking lot getting candy from the back of pick up trucks is called trick-or-treating.
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The upper east side of NYC has been going mad for Halloween and every year the decorations get more wild.
Not long ago giant plastic skeletons were too "low class" for this neighborhood. No longer it seems. It's bigger than Christmas.
It legit looks like a suburb in the 80s. kind of makes me nostalgic.
In our building (south bronx) we are having the kids go around from apartment to apartment again and have fancy door signs so they know who has the goodies.
I think I may carve a pumpkin.
@futurebird Oh my, I wonder if they need to store the giant skeletons offsite in Jersey. Or maybe there is a business that rents them?
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@futurebird Oh my, I wonder if they need to store the giant skeletons offsite in Jersey. Or maybe there is a business that rents them?
There is a business, and there are storage companies that have a service where they send a truck with a container to your place and you fill it up and they take it away until you want it back.
I could never stand the thought of paying rent for JUNK however many people enjoy such services.
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@mattmcirvin @futurebird The designated trick-or-treat day is a good idea. Halloween in a weekday is just awful.
Around here, trunk-or-treats tend to go on weekends, so you could trick-or-treat any day if walking around a parking lot getting candy from the back of pick up trucks is called trick-or-treating.
@Extra_Special_Carbon @futurebird It is, and it means that trick or treat is a GIGANTIC deal here, over 100 kids consistently show up. It's one of the most fun things we do as a town.
But it does feel super early this year because of how the calendar falls. I understand the desire not to have it happen *after* October 31: keep it in October for tradition's sake, and also keep it from pushing too far into election season. I also think they want to keep it just before the end of Daylight Saving Time so the littlest kids can come around while it's still light.
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@Extra_Special_Carbon @futurebird It is, and it means that trick or treat is a GIGANTIC deal here, over 100 kids consistently show up. It's one of the most fun things we do as a town.
But it does feel super early this year because of how the calendar falls. I understand the desire not to have it happen *after* October 31: keep it in October for tradition's sake, and also keep it from pushing too far into election season. I also think they want to keep it just before the end of Daylight Saving Time so the littlest kids can come around while it's still light.
@mattmcirvin @Extra_Special_Carbon
Yeah we're not doing that "early" thing in the Bronx or most of NYC I think. Maybe if it was on Monday or Tuesday? But it's Friday.
Also kids trick or treat at all the stores too because why not?
They tried to get NYC to do "daylight trick or treating" but it was just kind of rejected on some cellular level and never caught on.
