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Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:03 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I don't think there will be any TOTers in July, but I will have one of my fake jack o'lanters and a horror movie on Friday August 13th this Summer.
Speaking of heat,I remember one year it was 80 degrees on Halloween. "Indian Summer" is what they call it, and it was really nice, unless you were dressed in a hot costume with a full face mask. I was handing out candy that day, of course, so I was not in costume, and thought it was great. A lot of TOT Candy did get melted, however.
On the very next day, Nov 1st, it was rainy and in the lvoer 40s.
Mike
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:12 am
by angel222
that would be awesome to see some halloween merchandise in july. i would love to see both hallowen and christmas in july.
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:51 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I can pretty much do without Christmas in July, all though it was July and one of the hottes days of the year when I saw "It's a Wonderful Life" for the very first time. But I LOVE the idea of doing something Halloweenish in July, so I will definately be taking one of my 'haunted road trips" in July some time before my 50th Birthday.
IMHO, Halloween comes to a limited extent in ANY month of the year the 13th of the month falls on a Friday. "Little Halloween," can be a lot of fun.
Mike
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:02 pm
by iHaunt
Mike,
Don't forget to use orange smoke balls and firework lights for Fourth of July!
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:07 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I allways do. I also allways make sure that I have extra orange smoke bombs to put aside for Halloween, and the TOTers really loved it last h ear.
I had orange and a couple of yellow smoke bombs, and the little ones really got a bang out of it.
Mike
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:45 am
by Halloweennut08
Sounds good I have been watching Disneys Halloween in April and I just love watching Twitches and Halloween town some of the best Halloween shows that Disney has. They need to make some new ones.
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:40 pm
by wh2205
i dont know if it is like this all over, but Michaels craft store here in Texas starts getting out their fall/halloween stuff right after the 4th of july. I love that store
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:48 pm
by Andybev01
By then our Michael's is mostly autumn stuff and the 4th of July items are on the sale shelf.
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:15 am
by Pumpkin_Man
That's common in a lot of places. I have seen Halloween decorations and "Back To School" sales items in the stors as early as the 5th of July. "Back to School" is really pushed by mid July, even though there's still over a month before school begins. It's also not to uncommon to see Halloween themed merchandise going on the store shelves around that time, too. In fact, I found Halloween greeting cards for sale at my local drug store the very day I left for the Indiana Dunes last July. There were also a few Halloween items, though not very many. It sill gave me "the bug," but it didn't detract from my beach vacation.
Of course, if one really wanted to be a fanatic about it, and save money at the same time, you can allways shop on line. Christmas, Halloween, and every kind of decoration are allways for sale. I bought last year's Advent candles in July, and I purchased some fireworks for the 4th of July last January via the web.
Mike
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:54 pm
by wh2205
The dollar store is another great place to find halloween decorations in july. if i see anything halloween for a dollar i can help but buy it.
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:42 pm
by iHaunt
Walgreen's does carry some cool Halloween stuffs! But I prefer local Halloween store such Halloween Superstore and Halloween Express stores.
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:18 pm
by Samhain
angel222 wrote:that would be awesome to see some halloween merchandise in july. i would love to see both hallowen and christmas in july.
You should live here in southern Indiana.
Halloween stuff is usually in stores by mid or late July.
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:22 pm
by MacPhantom
The problem with that (and I know, cause they do it here), is that all the stores are filled with Christmas stuff in October....
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:14 pm
by Samhain
MacPhantom wrote:The problem with that (and I know, cause they do it here), is that all the stores are filled with Christmas stuff in October....
Yeah, it sucks to see an inflatable Santa inside the door of Walmart in late October.
Re: Halloween in July?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:39 am
by wh2205
yea they get the christmas stuff out way too early. what about thanksgiving? lots of stores skip thanksgiving all together.