This is how it looks from the front of the house.
But it’s really all about the details.
A headless man enjoying drinks on his front lawn…
… his head resting on a stump. The home owner is an artist so it’s no wonder that the decor isn’t just a hodgepodge of items one finds in the malls. The whole set up is based on a concept — a scene really rather than a mere collection of spooky items. A well-deserved win.
Speedy says that next year we’ll put up decor that will put Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 blockbuster Dracula to shame. Oh, I hope so. 
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LOL! I’ve never seen the point of decorating a house for Halloween. It’s one thing if you’ve set up the house to be one of the “scary” houses in the neighborhood where you turn on the crazy lights/music to scare the kiddies who trick or treat (here in the US) on Halloween but seriously, who wants to have a hacked up dead corpse in the front of their house is beyond me!
Re “I’ve never seen the point of decorating a house for Halloween.”
Neither did I but then I realized it would be such a fun family activity. Too bad sem break started after the contest. Had it been a week earlier, the girls and I could have spent hours and hours planning the making the decor.
Natawa ako sa picture ni Speedy. I thought he was part of the Halloween decor. LOL!
With Alex and Sam’s creative inclination, I’m sure you will come up with a wonderful Halloween concept next time.
Sabi nga namin, tumayo na lang sya in front of the house, we’d dress him up and he’d be the decor hahahaha
“It’s curious, really, how Filipinos who profess to be devout Catholics have taken to this pagan celebration with gusto. I’m sure it has a lot to do with the business and media push. Halloween, after all, is fast becoming a huge business in the country.” –Ms. Connie
You’re absolutely right. It’s big business on the part of media and they’re taking advantage of our gaya-gaya mentality.
Betcha, we’ll soon be celebrating Thanksgiving too.
in Nueva Ecija, we used to do “mangaluluwa.” similar to christmas carols but the songs are in halloween mood too.
i can only remember lines like “kaluluwa’y lumilibot… (forgot the word)” the song would end like “kung kami po ay lilimusan, dali-dalian lang po lamang. baka kami mapagsarahan ng pinto sa kalangitan.”
di ko masyadong tanda yung mga kanta kase once ko lang nagawa yun with two of my cousins. tapos may dala-dala kaming kandila. lols
Wow that’s interesting. First time I’ve heard of a Halloween-like Filipino tradition that is not remotely related to tombstone cleaning. Speedy’s father is from Nueva Ecija but I don’t think Speedy experienced anything like that as a child.
Before Halloween wasn’t even celebrated here at all. I can’t wait for Thanksgiving coming here hehehehe