Katharine Wall loves to decorate her house for the holidays.
Strings of Christmas lights act as the reins for the skeleton reindeer who are pulling the coffin sleigh, the killer wreath has been hung in the alcove, and Mr. Oogie Boogie is ready to deal with Santa Claus.
It91裸聊视频檚 all part of Wall91裸聊视频檚 Nightmare Before Christmas themed house, and quite timely given this year is the 25th anniversary of the Disney movie.
91裸聊视频淚 love decorating. I love themes,91裸聊视频� she says. 91裸聊视频淚t was great to combine my joy of decorating with my love of holidays and my obsession with Disney into one thing.91裸聊视频�
Katharine and her husband Johnathan recently moved here and this year was the first time they91裸聊视频檝e decorated for Christmas and Halloween in Chilliwack. Each year they pick a theme (usually Disney related) and piggyback their Halloween decorated house with their Christmas decorated house for that year.
91裸聊视频淥ur themes are always Halloween and Christmas, so we only choose themes that can be carried over,91裸聊视频� she says. This year they chose Tim Burton91裸聊视频檚 The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The Walls make about 90 per cent of the decorations themselves.
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Leftover PVC piping was used for the wrought-iron fence, pieces of plywood make up the skeleton reindeer, and free scraps of wood were used to build the Christmas presents.
Katharine does the planning and designing while Johnathan cuts out the designs and builds the larger decorations.
91裸聊视频淗e can pretty much build me anything that I91裸聊视频檓 asking for within reason,91裸聊视频� she says.
And the interior of their house is decorated, too. Hand-made ornaments are hung from the tree across from a Jack Skellington mannequin. A handmade recipe book turned to the 91裸聊视频渨orm91裸聊视频檚 wart soup91裸聊视频� page, sits atop a hand-built desk.
It takes the Walls a whole year of planning and building to decorate their home for Halloween and Christmas. They begin in January every year. They have a week of vacation and relaxation, but also a week to plan the upcoming year91裸聊视频檚 theme. Each month they task themselves with projects to complete.
It91裸聊视频檚 a lot of work, but it91裸聊视频檚 worth it.
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Their plan is to have a handful of different themes that they can rotate through every four or five years. Next year they91裸聊视频檒l be doing Harry Potter, and Alice in Wonderland is on the list for future.
The Wall91裸聊视频檚 Nightmare Before Christmas themed house, complete with songs from the movie playing on outdoor speakers, can be viewed at 9703 Hazel St., at the corner of Portage Avenue.
The display will be up until the first weekend in January, and the lights will be on from sunset until about 9:30 p.m. nightly.
91裸聊视频淲e have kids that come here and they are singing the songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and they are so excited,91裸聊视频� she adds. 91裸聊视频淚t makes me feel so good that I can give that to someone else. That91裸聊视频檚 the part I really love.91裸聊视频�
jenna.hauck@theprogress.com
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