#halloween-decorations

#halloween-decorations

To be clear, you can easily buy a skeleton dressed like a schoolgirl, or a mermaid skeleton (-‍maid, that means girl, right?), but those, as far as I can tell, are just normal skeletons that have been dressed in schoolgirl drag or had a tail attached to them. And a normal skeleton-the thing most of us picture when we picture a skeleton-is, I'm increasingly convinced, more often than not going to be a male skeleton.

At least a dozen times during the month of September, my husband and I are stopped by neighbors asking the following question: "When are you putting up the Halloween decorations?" We've lived in our suburban home in a college town since 2009, and although we started with just one Halloween inflatable decoration (a pumpkin Pac-Man and three ghosts, all still going strong), we've been amassing more and more decorations every year, until finally we became what neighbors have nicknamed the "Halloween House."

This year, that changed for us. When I spotted Ultra Skelly at The Home Depot's spring preview, I was intrigued. What Is the Ultra Skelly with LifeEyes? Standing at a relatively manageable 6.5 feet tall, Ultra Skelly is a new, animated, and app-controlled version of the original Skelly designed specifically for smaller yards, porches, and patios. It has all the personality of the original, just condensed - and I mean that in the best way.

Security camera footage from a neighbor shows, on Sunday at 5 a.m., a person dressed in a gray hoodie and pants walking briskly down an alley while carrying the elongated 48-pound Halloween decoration horizontally, its bony fingers stretching toward the sky. The video footage, reviewed by The Times, shows the man head toward a black four-door vehicle and place the decoration on top of it.

As a participant in multiple affiliate marketing programs, Localish will earn a commission for certain purchases. See full disclaimer below* Halloween is right around the corner, and many retailers have already released their holiday collections with everything from jack-o'-lanterns to spooky lights to add a little festive spirit to your space. Find the best early Halloween decor items below and start to deck up your space with some spooky essentials.