Friday, October 17, 2025

Halloween's a Scream

When I first started decorating my house for Halloween in the 90's, it was pretty low-key.  I didn't have a lot of decorations, vintage or otherwise.  At some point, I picked up a screaming door mat from somewhere, probably one of the Halloween stores like Spirit Halloween, Halloween City or Halloween Express.  I would put it under the normal front door mat and watch people jump when they came to my front door.  That mat is long gone, but I found one still in the package a couple years ago.




Later, when my first son was about 4 or 5, he was petrified of the mat.  He would leap in or out of our door to avoid stepping on the mat.  He's 27 now. I think he's probably still a little leery of it. I imagine there are a lot of kids of the '90's that are traumatized by this scream.

6 comments:

  1. This would be perfect for the houses that give out toothbrushes or erasers.

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  2. I love that but I can see where it would startle the snot right out of ya.

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    1. Caused a lot of jump scares. I may just get this out again this year.

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    2. I would. he's surely gotten complacent about the door mat by now.

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  3. omg, love it. would it scare me? probably. but that's the point!

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