DAYS TO HALLOWEEN: 364
**DANGER, LONG READ***
Good Morning Halloween Friends! Our 2027 Halloween Countdown thread is now up and running! You can see from the above that the main countdown is up and live!
I started doing a Halloween Thread here in MMC in 2021, to compliment Edge's outstanding other group of threads that I feel really compliment the MMC experience. For the most part, we have experienced slow and steady growth over the past few years, although interestingly in 2026 we had a major drop off in posting. I still have to remind myself that we are a niche group on the biggest Christmas forum/site in the WORLD. I don't expect to ever see the kind of numbers that the main Christmas countdown gets.
Still though, we seem to have emphasized quality over quantity on this thread, and I really appreciate everyone who contributes. Here's a quick look at the post counts for the past few years:
2021- 1,915
2022- 2,045
2023- 2,182
2024- 1,950
2025 - 1,590
2026 - 1,418
For anyone new to the thread joining us this year, or new to MMC in general, we take counting down VERY seriously. In fact, at times, it seems like counting down might be just as much fun as the actual holiday itself!
And the strategy, which is tried and true, year after year, 365 days a year, is to countdown little chunks at a time, instead of having a giant slog for a countdown. Our main countdowns focus on Autumn and Halloween season. With "Full" Countdowns at the beginning of the new countdown season, we are counting down to these significant times of the year:
Spooky Spring
Halfoween
Fall Preseason
The Bers
Halloween Season
October
Halloween
Also, for any brand new followers to the thread, let me take a moment to plug our special days / times throughout the countdown season:
JACK O LANTERN DAYS:
Beginning in January, at the end of the month, we celebrate "Jack O Lantern Day". I get out the electric Jack O Lantern, burn some fall/ pumpkin wax warmers / candles, and listen to my "Halloween Playlist" that day, before settling in for a mini horror movie marathon to wrap up the day. Some days when the weather cooperates, I even have a small fire in my outside fire pit. This is just my way of adding a little bit of Fall / Halloween to my life, during times in the year where I am really missing Fall. And it really helps. I think some of us here keep the same routine. We do this from January to September before finishing up in "Halloween Season" in September, having safely reached our destination. We originally only did JOL Days on each month that had a 31st, from January - August, but we "expanded" JOL Days due to popular demand.
SPOOKY SPRING:
Folks - Spooky Spring came about organically in 2021, and in 2022 we decided to plan for it and make it an annual tradition. A great addition to our all year long spooky activities. April is essentially the mirror image of October, and Spooky Spring is celebrated the entire month of April. Basically it is October in April. Scary movie marathons, pumpkin spice everything - Halloween decorations. The cool weather really sets the tone for the month and it leads us right into Halfoween, the grand celebration of reaching the half way point to Halloween.
FALL PRESEASON:
Fall Preseason begins on August 1st. It just seems to be the time that Summer merchandise, etc., seems to be going out of the stores and Fall items start showing up. It helps us mentally start to prepare for the arrival of true Autumn in September. My decorating begins the second week in August, and I'm usually decked out for Autumn by the end of that month!
FRIDAY THE 13th:
We will experience two Friday the 13ths in this new countdown thread. It is basically like a Jack O Lantern Day "cheat day", and I usually treat the day as an extra JOL Day and will exclusively watch the Friday the 13th movies! In this new thread, they occur in November, and August.
HALLOWEEN SEASON
The first day of Fall this coming year is Wednesday, September 22nd. The calendar beginning of Fall I think is a fine date to serve as our "official" start to Halloween Season. I say "official" because some people, myself included, might already be mentally doing Halloween season by late August / early September.
And that's it! Halloween in 2027 will be on a Sunday, so we will once again have a true "Halloweekend".
*NEW* Changes to 2027 Halloween Countdown Thread:
In past years, I have tried to keep my foot off the gas during November / Christmas Season, mainly to try and not "cut into" Christmas time, which is so scarce compared to Autumn / Halloween Season, but I wholeheartedly believe that we can keep a true, all year countdown, while keeping Christmas special. So I'm excited to announce that unlike past years, we are IMMEDIATELY jumping on the counts and will have a "theme" for each day of the week, that hopefully keeps Halloween/Autumn/Spooky Season in our minds all year long.
MONDAY - Movie Background Monday - highlighting an iconic, atmospheric movie backdrops that instantly transport you into an October headspace.
TUESDAY - Tuesday Twilight and Spooky Aesthetic (Moons, purple autumn skies, foggy graveyards, etc..)
WEDNESDAY - Midweek Chills (highlighting Halloween music, soundscapes, and audio tracks)
THURSDAY - Throwback Thrills (Retro Halloween memories, vintage decorations, classic magazine ads, etc)
FRIDAY - Community Show & Tell (sharing our local photos of Autumn / Halloween, porch setups, local foliage, etc)
SATURDAY - Open Hearth / Casual Chat
SUNDAY - Weekly Countdown Update
Thanks for sitting through the long read! I'll link to this NEW thread in last year's thread, so the followers know where to go! Thank you for being here with me, for anyone new, and for those who return year after year!
**DANGER, LONG READ***
Good Morning Halloween Friends! Our 2027 Halloween Countdown thread is now up and running! You can see from the above that the main countdown is up and live!
I started doing a Halloween Thread here in MMC in 2021, to compliment Edge's outstanding other group of threads that I feel really compliment the MMC experience. For the most part, we have experienced slow and steady growth over the past few years, although interestingly in 2026 we had a major drop off in posting. I still have to remind myself that we are a niche group on the biggest Christmas forum/site in the WORLD. I don't expect to ever see the kind of numbers that the main Christmas countdown gets.
Still though, we seem to have emphasized quality over quantity on this thread, and I really appreciate everyone who contributes. Here's a quick look at the post counts for the past few years:
2021- 1,915
2022- 2,045
2023- 2,182
2024- 1,950
2025 - 1,590
2026 - 1,418
For anyone new to the thread joining us this year, or new to MMC in general, we take counting down VERY seriously. In fact, at times, it seems like counting down might be just as much fun as the actual holiday itself!
And the strategy, which is tried and true, year after year, 365 days a year, is to countdown little chunks at a time, instead of having a giant slog for a countdown. Our main countdowns focus on Autumn and Halloween season. With "Full" Countdowns at the beginning of the new countdown season, we are counting down to these significant times of the year:
Spooky Spring
Halfoween
Fall Preseason
The Bers
Halloween Season
October
Halloween
Also, for any brand new followers to the thread, let me take a moment to plug our special days / times throughout the countdown season:
JACK O LANTERN DAYS:
Beginning in January, at the end of the month, we celebrate "Jack O Lantern Day". I get out the electric Jack O Lantern, burn some fall/ pumpkin wax warmers / candles, and listen to my "Halloween Playlist" that day, before settling in for a mini horror movie marathon to wrap up the day. Some days when the weather cooperates, I even have a small fire in my outside fire pit. This is just my way of adding a little bit of Fall / Halloween to my life, during times in the year where I am really missing Fall. And it really helps. I think some of us here keep the same routine. We do this from January to September before finishing up in "Halloween Season" in September, having safely reached our destination. We originally only did JOL Days on each month that had a 31st, from January - August, but we "expanded" JOL Days due to popular demand.
SPOOKY SPRING:
Folks - Spooky Spring came about organically in 2021, and in 2022 we decided to plan for it and make it an annual tradition. A great addition to our all year long spooky activities. April is essentially the mirror image of October, and Spooky Spring is celebrated the entire month of April. Basically it is October in April. Scary movie marathons, pumpkin spice everything - Halloween decorations. The cool weather really sets the tone for the month and it leads us right into Halfoween, the grand celebration of reaching the half way point to Halloween.
FALL PRESEASON:
Fall Preseason begins on August 1st. It just seems to be the time that Summer merchandise, etc., seems to be going out of the stores and Fall items start showing up. It helps us mentally start to prepare for the arrival of true Autumn in September. My decorating begins the second week in August, and I'm usually decked out for Autumn by the end of that month!
FRIDAY THE 13th:
We will experience two Friday the 13ths in this new countdown thread. It is basically like a Jack O Lantern Day "cheat day", and I usually treat the day as an extra JOL Day and will exclusively watch the Friday the 13th movies! In this new thread, they occur in November, and August.
HALLOWEEN SEASON
The first day of Fall this coming year is Wednesday, September 22nd. The calendar beginning of Fall I think is a fine date to serve as our "official" start to Halloween Season. I say "official" because some people, myself included, might already be mentally doing Halloween season by late August / early September.
And that's it! Halloween in 2027 will be on a Sunday, so we will once again have a true "Halloweekend".
*NEW* Changes to 2027 Halloween Countdown Thread:
In past years, I have tried to keep my foot off the gas during November / Christmas Season, mainly to try and not "cut into" Christmas time, which is so scarce compared to Autumn / Halloween Season, but I wholeheartedly believe that we can keep a true, all year countdown, while keeping Christmas special. So I'm excited to announce that unlike past years, we are IMMEDIATELY jumping on the counts and will have a "theme" for each day of the week, that hopefully keeps Halloween/Autumn/Spooky Season in our minds all year long.
MONDAY - Movie Background Monday - highlighting an iconic, atmospheric movie backdrops that instantly transport you into an October headspace.
TUESDAY - Tuesday Twilight and Spooky Aesthetic (Moons, purple autumn skies, foggy graveyards, etc..)
WEDNESDAY - Midweek Chills (highlighting Halloween music, soundscapes, and audio tracks)
THURSDAY - Throwback Thrills (Retro Halloween memories, vintage decorations, classic magazine ads, etc)
FRIDAY - Community Show & Tell (sharing our local photos of Autumn / Halloween, porch setups, local foliage, etc)
SATURDAY - Open Hearth / Casual Chat
SUNDAY - Weekly Countdown Update
Thanks for sitting through the long read! I'll link to this NEW thread in last year's thread, so the followers know where to go! Thank you for being here with me, for anyone new, and for those who return year after year!
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