Every town has a wide variety of homes: homes that are abandoned, homes where the lawn is meticulously cared for, and homes that are lit so perfectly every December, they could be on a Christmas card. And then, there's the house that prefers the darker things in life. The house that goes a little bit further with their Halloween decorations, instead of just throwing some fake cobwebs around. Like clockwork every year, they turn into the local creepy, haunted house. Occasionally referred to as the local Addams or Munster family, these are the people who know more about Halloween than anyone else around. If you were lucky enough to be a part of the semi Halloween obsessed, your life was a little different from your friends, not only in the autumn, but year round.
1. You have a space dedicated to storing Halloween decorations.
Whether it's the basement, garage, or a spare bedroom, all of the Halloween decor was stored in one centralized area. It never failed to startle unsuspecting visitors who accidentally stumbled upon your stash of coffins and body bags.
2. Halloween prep starts before the leaves change colors.
How will you arrange everything this year? What was popular last year, and what wasn't? Keeping track of your display's popularity saves a lot of time and energy come October.
3. Kids don't usually come near your house.
Those who do, are forced to do so by their parents or older siblings, and they cry the entire time. It's hard to console toddlers when you're holding a chainsaw, so you made sure to give those poor little souls extra candy. They deserve it.
4. Your neighbors get moody as Halloween approaches.
They have to look at all of your creepy decorations and strobe lights, listen to your torture CDs, and prepare themselves for children avoiding them on Halloween, just because they live next to that house.
5. You have a close relationship with the local headstone shop.
If a name is misspelled, or a date is wrong, you're always there to buy the mistake at a discounted price.
6. And all the local cemeteries.
You have a few coffins. Hopefully it was a display that they're no longer offering. You clean the interior no matter what, because you just can't be sure if it really was corpse-free.
7. You have body bags filled with plastic body parts.
Sometimes you hang them like Christmas ornaments, sometimes you just sprinkle them around. You have more than you could possibly need, and you never use all of them.
8. You stopped trick or treating earlier than a lot of the other people at your school.
It's not that you didn't want free candy, but you were psyched to get to help hand out candy.
9. Halloween CDs were everything.
You don't have a lame mix featuring "The Monster Mash." You are the proud owner of dozens of different compilations of screaming and chainsaws. Others claim that they all sound the same, but you can tell the difference.
10. You're a pro at mixing up batches of fake blood.
You use way too much to keep buying the store-bought kind.
11. Halloween is always in your heart.
But watching horror movies and Halloween specials year-round still makes you yearn for October 31st.
12. You own multiples of your go-to items.
Don't ask why I own half a dozen Michael Myers masks. I just need them.
13. The never ending supply of black light bulbs.
You can't recall buying more, and yet they tend to multiply on their own.
14. Your candy isn't just in a bowl.
Trick or treaters know that the fun-sized candy you hand out isn't just in a big bowl. Maybe it's a cauldron, maybe it's a skull. If you're feeling like spending more than necessary, you may even go out on a limb and fill up one of the coffins. Extra credit if you plan on having someone lay under the candy and scare people.
15. You were never as into pumpkins as everyone else.
All they will do is wreck the rest of the display.
16. You're the only person you know with a collection of torture devices.
Don't worry, most of them are harmless.
