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Fall decorating question

YellowLabMom — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 23:49:25 GMT

When did fall decorating become popular? Have you Or your family always decorated for fall? Growing up I don’t really remember anyone decorating except for maybe some pumpkins, mums, hay, and corn shocks outside, nothing inside. I just thought about this and thought I’d ask others. 😊

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Meowingkitty — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 23:53:49 GMT

I decorate for Christmas. That's it and then it's a tree. Nothing fancy, no displays, no wreaths, nothing but a tree. Around here in Arizona I have a few neighbors who have already put out some decorations for Halloween. Can't put a pumpkin out because it would shrivel in a couple of days. I've never decorated for anything but Christmas. Maybe I'm just lazy, or maybe I just don't want to store it all in the garage.

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Bhvbum — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 23:57:41 GMT

Only decorate for Christmas. Too much work to start decorating for fall and then for spring.

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on the bay — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:06:54 GMT

I've always decorated for every season and St Patrick's Day and 4th of July and Easter- ok you asked lol!

But sometimes lately I've missed a few.

Maybe if I lived in Arizona where there aren't as noticeable seasons I wouldn't.

I always feel sorry for people in Florida for example at Christmas time. My daughter lived there for a few years and the reindeer with the palm trees, just no😕

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Kachina624 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:01:31 GMT

My family never decorated for any season except Christmas and I still don't see people doing a lot of seasonal decorating. I think, thanks to Valerie, it's become a one-upmanship activity among QVC viewers with elaborate decor in every room of their homes for every season and holiday. It sort of boggles the mind.

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:01:41 GMT

@YellowLabMom Interesting question.....makes me wonder if those who experience seasons tend to decorate more as the seasons change. Those on the west coast, perhaps not so much.

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on the bay — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:10:06 GMT

It probably does matter where you live. All my neighbors always decorated too. So if you live where seasons change especially beautiful fall etc, I think people decorate more.

Just what I've noticed. And I guess depends on neighborhoods too.

Sometimes people are just too tired to bother or too busy or it just isn't something they enjoy.

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Mom2Dogs — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:11:51 GMT

My mom had a specific space that she decorated for the seasons, spring/summer, fall, winter. I decorate for the same seasons, I do not go overboard and do not decorate outside.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:13:16 GMT

I guess it's a privilege to indulge in the aesthetics of the moment.

I do enjoy the seasons, and I do enjoy my decor as a reflection of that. It doesn't have to be fancy. A beautiful leaf, ironed between two sheets of wax paper, is pretty.

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SandySparkles — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:17:39 GMT

My family and I have enjoyed fall decorating for MANY years! I do not recall when it actually began, but I was watching a Valerie fall decorating show many sunsets ago, and have been hooked ever since. I recently visited family in the PNW, and we spent hours decorating indoors. It was a labor of love.😊

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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Desertdi — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:28:30 GMT

I bought 4 of these for the yard for Halloween...

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Kachina624 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:35:07 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
I bought 4 of these for the yard for Halloween...

@Desertdi Sounds to me like you're just trying to keep burglars away.

I have a fine collection of front door wreaths. Does that count?

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Sooner — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:36:18 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
My family never decorated for any season except Christmas and I still don't see people doing a lot of seasonal decorating. I think, thanks to Valerie, it's become a one-upmanship activity among QVC viewers with elaborate decor in every room of their homes for every season and holiday. It sort of boggles the mind.

@Kachina624 I just wonder where people put all this stuff!

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mspatmac — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:36:53 GMT

We never decorated when I was growing up for fall, only Christmas. I started about 5 years ago when I wandered into a Pier 1 and discovered beautiful glass pumpkins. That was my undoing. I went nuts over the next couple of years with Thanksgiving plates, table runner, wreaths for over the fire place and front door. My obsession continued through Christmas and by the time they closed All my decorations were from there. Just about everything from QVC was purged. Special pieces only. I have saved money since they closed but I'ts not the same. I miss that store still.

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nana59 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:40:49 GMT

don't decorate for holidays, anymore.....too much arthrtis....not enough energy....

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MG Chris — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:43:25 GMT

I decorate for every season. I fill in little touches for St.Paddy's, Valentine etc. I love to decorate and by the time one holiday/season is over I am ready to move to the next one. I get tired of looking at the same stuff day in and day out.

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Oznell — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:49:25 GMT

I didn't decorate for fall, @YellowLabMom . Then hubby gave me a very pretty art glass pumpkin, in glowing colors, so that started a small collection.

I have a fall-colored ceramic bird, a hedgehog, a few branches, a brunished copper mug, some owls, a terra cotta bowl filled with pinecones, pods and leaves, out right now.

Oh, and I brought out an amber hurricane and two vintage brown glass bottles the other day.

I now like these 'suggestions' of fall, but don't feel compelled to use them every year-- it's fun to vary things, and some years I'm more minimal.

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Desertdi — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:51:47 GMT

@Kachina624 I go "whole hog" for Halloween. Those centipedes are 3' long. I also have huge bats, tarantulas and the "whole family" left over from previous years...

I have low wattage flood lights for the burglars. Well, maybe the floods are for ME, too.....this is a REALLY DARK neighborhood at night...and if I hear "something" rustling around...I want to know WHAT it is (!!)

Only burglaries in 20 years have been people who forgot to close their garage doors.

But a wreath is JUST FINE TOO !!!!! di

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BlueFinch — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:57:53 GMT

For Christmas, always, but just a beautiful tree. No displays inside. Sometimes I will string some fairy lights around my deck and backyard. I might do it early, this year, so I can enjoy them for Halloween, too.

But, when my DH was alive we had huge Halloween parties. A full house. It took us a month to set up decorations and prepare for it.

My attic is still full of these items. Whenever someone comes for repairs needing to be in the attic, I always have to remind them there is a casket with a life size dummy in it up there. I even loaned some of the items one year for my hospital's Halloween display.

We also had advanced pumpkin carving contests and we'd display them during the party. We had some beauties. My last one was a carving of my Akita. My best work. Looked just like him.

Oh my gosh, did we have wonderful times. It's what makes the Fall my favorite time of the year. It's when I reminisce about how magical it was.

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KaySD — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 01:54:31 GMT

I've never decorated for fall, and very little for other seasons. The trees, shrubs and flowers do a lot of decorating for me! I do sometimes buy a seasonal candle, and occasionally buy a few small gourds or something to put in a dish, but only if I'm doing entertaining. That said, I think those who enjoy decorating their homes are doing something quite wonderful, and I appreciate it.

BTW, There are seasons everywhere! They're just more subtle in some places than others.