A 2020 Better Homes and Garden survey noted that nearly 50% of holiday decorators begin adorning their homes with Yuletide trinkets between the day after Thanksgiving and the first day of December. For those traditional vogue-setters, holiday decorating likely begins with a tree in a stand and a wreath on the door.
For other aficionados, decorating their favorite haunts begins early in October. That’s when the bats, bones and broomsticks cover lattice and lawn in anticipation of Oct. 31, when spooks of all variety come knocking at the door.
For 12 homes in Fort Atkinson, that knock came early, on Saturday, Oct. 23, as Fort Atkinson Online photographers, Kim and Ashley McDarison, accompanied by Brett Drew, also known as “The Grave Digger,” a hearse-driving and former longtime resident of Fort Atkinson now living in Deerfield, went in search of festooned homes, many of which had been recommended by members of the community through Facebook.
Our ghoul-hunting team was promised an array of decorated delights — from a yard full of heads to an alien invasion — and it was not disappointed. With Brett behind the wheel of his 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood hearse, fully accessorized with a coffin in the back, the team set out to capture the spirit of the season, and then, serving as judges, selected the “Most Intriguing Halloween House” to receive a prize.
The team spent most of the afternoon, moving across the city from north to south, learning from the industrious hobgoblins, many of whom were still preparing their yards, about their particular compulsion.
Our full album of the 12 homes we visited and the announcement of our “Most Intriguing Halloween House” prize winner is found by clicking the image block below.
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