Ozzy Osbourne At Joliet City Hall? Employee Pumpkin Decorating Contest Honors KISS, Other Famous Music Stars

JOLIET, IL — As Joliet residents already know, Halloween is a very scary time of year. There are ghosts and goblins and several haunted cemeteries. But inside Joliet's City Hall, the mood is festive. In preparation for Halloween, several city of Joliet departments including the police department and fire department participated in a pumpkin decorating contest.

This year's theme is focused on music and music artists.

If you walk through City Hall, be sure to head to the city manager's office, where you will find a table filled with several pumpkin-decorated as music stars. There's a tribute to the recently departed Ozzy Osbourne. There's one for Metallica. A Dolly Parton tribute. Another for the Spice Girls.

And not just one pumpkin dedicated to the rock band KISS, but two different KISS pumpkin themes.

The other pumpkins include Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead as well as Run DMC and a Cheeseburger in Paradise theme honoring Jimmy Buffett.

Which pumpkin will be crowned the winner?

The winner will be announced Friday, which happens to be Halloween.