Home Depot Halloween Is Already Here 7 Months Early
Home Depot Halloween? Already?
It’s the first day of spring. We’re barely seeing crocuses and and already Home Depot is decking the halls with Halloween décor.
Yup, you heard me right. Home Depot Halloween in March!
They’re not just dipping their toes in, either. Home Depot is diving headfirst into the spooky season, showcasing their latest and greatest Halloween goodies.
We’re talking a 12-foot skeleton that’s supposedly even better than last year’s model, plus some seriously creepy new additions.
This latest version of Skelly is also said to be “new and improved,” with eight additional settings for his LCD eyes, according to a Home Depot product sheet shared with Nexstar.
As announced on Instagram last week, Skelly will have new a “companion” available for purchase, too: a 5-foot “Skeleton Dog” with similar LCD eyes.
A spokesperson for Home Depot spilled the beans, saying this is the earliest they’ve ever unleashed their Halloween lineup. They claim it’s all for the die-hard Halloween fans out there, who apparently can’t wait a second longer to start planning their haunted house displays.
“This is the earliest we have ever announced any of our Halloween products. We wanted to share what is coming for our Halloween superfans,” a Home Depot spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement.
“Decorating for Halloween is a yearlong journey to find the best décor and plan their expansive displays for the spookiest time of the year.”
Listen, I love a holiday and I totally dismissed Thanksgiving this year to create a Barbie/Candy Land Christmas early this year. So I hear you.
But this might be a bit much. Even for me. We haven’t even dusted off our spring cleaning supplies, and already we’re being bombarded with witches’ hats and fake cobwebs.
Remember when Christmas decorations used to pop up right after Labor Day? Well, now it seems like every holiday is clamoring for attention earlier and earlier each year. It’s like the retail world is stuck on fast-forward.
Why the hurry?
How about some Easter goodies or maybe some springtime décor? Let’s give each holiday its moment in the spotlight before we start jumping ahead to the next one.
But hey, if you’re a Home Depot Halloween fanatic who just can’t wait, then I guess it’s time to dust off your broomstick and get ready to trick-or-treat. After all, who needs spring when you’ve got ghosts and goblins to attend to.
America's BEST Halloween City: Where Does Boston Rank?
1-New York City
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Believe it or not the New Yorker pictured above is very friendly. New York comes in at #1 for friendliness on Halloween!
2-Las Vegas
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When you say Trick or Treat, never say say trick too close to the words, Las Vegas. With the said, the City of Sin is the city of FUN on Halloween. Vegas comes in at NUMBER ONE for FUN!
4-Miami
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The city of sun and fun comes in at #4 for fun, #31 for friendliness BUT #20 for Halloween weather. Maybe too much rain can ruin our green Hulk makeup.
8-BOSTON!
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To find our great city, we had to skip down a bit to NUMBER 8. Well we DID make into the top TEN!
Wallethub stats:
Halloween in Boston (1=Best; 50=Avg.):
- Overall rank for Boston: 8th
- 4th – Walk Score
- 27th – Crime Rate
- 51st – Candy & Chocolate Stores per Capita
- 17th – Motor Vehicle Crash Related Pedestrian Fatality Rate
- 41st – Movie Theaters per Capita