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The Top 25 Best Things About Fall in Shelton, Connecticut

As the leaves turn and the air becomes crisp, we layer on the sweaters and begin to partake in our favorite fall festivites.

Alyssa Bretan

Oct 14, 2016

Shelton, Connecticut

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Bright skies, colorful foliage, and the sweet smell of cinnamon-apple wafting through the crisp air wherever you go are just a few of my favorite things about fall. Like many others, fall happens to be my favorite season. It is full of fun activities and cozy moments which I have compiled for you below:

1. The smell of fall. There's nothing like it, but it's that indescribable scent that intoxicates you when you step outside on a cool, autumn morning.

2. Pumpkin-spiced muffins/lattes/bread/cookies. Literally anything pumpkin flavored.

4. Seeing the leaves change colors.

5. Candy corn.

6. Going to Beardsley Cider Mill for apple picking and those mouth-watering apple cider donuts.

7. Getting lost in a corn maze.

8. Friday night football games.

9. Carving pumpkins and roasting the seeds.

10. Fianlly being able to drink hot coffee again without dying of heat.

11. Going on the Haunted Hayride.

12. Baked goods.

13. Valley Goes Pink.

14. Jumping in leave piles.

15. Going to Jones to pick pumpkins.

16. Warm soup on a cold Fall day.

17. Beanies and pom-pom hats

18. The Thanksgiving Day Football game against Derby

19. Getting to turn on the fire place and snuggle up with a blanket.

20. Comfort food.

21. Those really cute, instagram-worthy fall photoshoots you have with your best friends.

22. Fall holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving.

23. Bonfires.

24. The crunch of a dry leaf underfoot.

25. Orange sunsets over the farm.

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As the leaves turn and the air becomes crisp, we layer on the sweaters and begin to partake in our favorite fall festivites.

1. The smell of fall. There's nothing like it, but it's that indescribable scent that intoxicates you when you step outside on a cool, autumn morning.

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16. Warm soup on a cold Fall day.

17. Beanies and pom-pom hats

18. The Thanksgiving Day Football game against Derby

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