Ran out this morning and got a bag each of Snickers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, 3 Musketeers, Butterfinger, and Nestle’s Crunch. This year, stores are featuring giant figures of Frankenstein and other such that are not the usual inflatables. The neighbors are getting in the mood.

My usual attempt at decorating for the 4-5 kids that show up has been done - stringing up several hundred lights on a big bush out front. I used to do a tree, but that has gotten too tall.

So far, one neighbor has an inflated pumpkin of the huge variety, another has one of the Frankensteins, while another has kind of an arrangement around a carved pumpkin centerpiece. Maybe it’s the balmy weather. Normally no one bothers.

I managed to get to WalMart, where the main display has a giant clear bubble filled with bobbing ghosts. We crazy Americans just can’t wait to trash up our front yards with all this stuff.