100 days until Halloween…
This bar was amazing. Quaint and Old School and decked out in so many wonderful Halloween decorations. Classic Halloween decorations… stuff I remembered from my childhood. This was the Friday before Halloween so the atmosphere in there was exactly like a Halloween party. They were playing all of the usual classics as well and The Monster Mash never sounded so good. We drank our drinks and wondered what it’d be like a few blocks away at that strange, elegant House.
As we walked out into the chilly Autumn air, you could tell something significant was happening. The night air was charged with a feeling that we had somehow mixed up the dates and this was, in fact, Halloween night. It felt like prime Trick-or-Treating hours… there were children in costumes and excited people everywhere heading in the direction of the House. But then we noticed that the Lambertville Halloween House was just a voice in a choir. There were blocks and blocks of decorated homes. So many lights. Tons of unique decor and props. So much Halloween.
We asked a resident walking her dog if this is how it always was…and if the town was heavily into Christmas as much as Halloween. Her answer was a little on the glorious side: she said “We really just get into Halloween here… Christmas, not so much.”
Amazing. A town devoted to the Love of Halloween.
Below are some photos from that magical evening. A night that made you feel like a kid on Halloween… excited that there were hours ahead of you, and there were tons of homes waiting for you. Homes with pumpkins and witches and ghosts and bones and every haunted creepy thing. And on this one night, they really didn’t care that it wasn’t Halloween just yet.
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