It's hard to believe that it's almost Halloween. October is my favorite time of year. My crazy neighbor decks out his entire lawn as if it is some kind of Hollywood movie set. Jeff (my neighbor) is not the kind of person who spends an hour or so throwing everything up so it looks decent and leaves it there from October 28th until Thanksgiving. He starts on October 1st every year.
The first thing to go up is the tape around his lawn. The tape is basically caution tape, set up around his lawn like it is on a crime scene- but instead of saying "Caution- Police line do not cross" it says Halloween sayings and words and there is a line of dark purple, one line of black, and one line of orange. On his lawn there are a few things that stay out 24/7. The zombie hanging from the huge, wooden pole in the middle of his lawn, the headstones, and the lights. Every morning, he adds new stuff from the first of the month until the day of Halloween.
He'll put out those blow-up cartoon people that you deflate at night and look as if they have been popped in the morning until you fill them up with air again and they sit on your lawn. He puts tinsel like decorations on his plants and trees, and larger than life figurines.
It's amazing to see all the items he displays for Halloween. He is very careful in what he puts on his lawn as well. He takes everything in at night and puts it out in the morning to make sure it is not stolen or destroyed. I can't wait to go home on Friday and see his house all decked out for the holiday.
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