From Gore To Huge Skeletons: What’s Too Much Halloween? [Block Talk]

ACROSS AMERICA — Have you noticed the outdoor Halloween decorations have grown to ginormous proportions — not just in the number of seasonal props people put in their yards, but the size of the individual skeletons, witches, monsters and such?

Do you think a 20-foot skeleton is absurdly large? What about oversized inflatables of creepy clowns and monsters, or a coven of witches towering over a smoking cauldron? How creepy should Halloween decorations be? Between the blood and guts and the terrifying jump scares — not to mention King Kong sized decorations — when is it too much?

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