POLL: Do You Decorate Your Yard for Halloween?

More and more homes are adding skeletons, spider webs, and ghosts to their yard this season.

By Michele Kettner • Posted October 13, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

Courtesy Spooky Scary Seabiscuit

We’re just a little over two weeks away from Halloween, but festive (and scary) decorations are starting to pop up in neighborhoods across Northern Virginia.

Create your own user feedback survey

Poll Results from October 6

woman carrying shopping bags in mall — standret/stock.adobe.com

You may still be sipping pumpkins spiced lattes, but based on the aisles of your favorite retail stores, it’s time to start shopping for the holidays.

So we want to know, have you started checking off items on your holiday wish lists?

Poll results showing nearly 65% of voters haven't started holiday shopping yet

See More:

Halloween

Michele Kettner

Audience Engagement Editor

Michele Kettner joined Northern Virginia Magazine in 2020 after spending two semesters as an editorial intern at the magazine. The University of Maryland graduate is currently the audience engagement editor and covers everything from can’t-miss things to do and holiday events to new restaurant and store openings throughout Northern Virginia.