Stars: 4 out of 5
Pros: Cute but slightly creepy scene perfect for the season
Cons: Pumpkin itself could tie in better.
The Bottom Line:
Skeleton, graveyard
A bit creepy, mostly cute
A fun addition
Walking a Dog Past the Graveyard
I do not have enough creativity to do something like the
Hallmark artists do. Take the Happy
Halloween! ornament series. I’m not sure
I can come up with too many monsters to include that they haven’t done yet, and
I felt that way last year. But when I saw
that the 2019 entry would feature a skeleton, I couldn’t believe that I had
missed such an obvious one.
This ornament in the series has a skeleton boy out walking
his dog. How do I know it is a boy? I don’t.
It’s a skeleton. The only clue we
have is the blue baseball cap on his head.
But that cap to me screams boy.
It could be a girl or an adult for that matter, but it just feels like a
boy. Anyway, naturally, the dog is a
skeleton as well with an orange collar around his neck. Naturally, they are walking past a
graveyard. Heck, they are probably just
going for a stroll around the block.
They are just outside the fence for the graveyard, and we can see
headstones behind them. There is a tree
in the background and some bats flying against the sky which features a giant
moon.
As always, this scene is framed by a pumpkin. In this case, the pumpkin has his mouth wide
open. It looks to me like he is
screaming, maybe seeing the walking skeleton frightened him. It certainly would frighten me. (Yes, probably even if it was Sid from the
Family Skeleton Mysteries until I learned it was him.)
But the pumpkin is probably my biggest disappointment with
the ornament. In the past, I love the
creative way the pumpkin has been changed to go with the theme of the
year. This year doesn’t feel nearly as
creative. Then again, there are only so
many things you can do with a pumpkin mouth, right? I’m probably expecting too much.
Overall, I do like this ornament. Each entry has captured that slightly creepy
but mostly cute feel, and this one does it perfectly again. That’s another reason I feel like we’ve got a
skeleton boy and his skeleton dog; it just feels cuter to me.
Like all good pumpkins, this one has a flat bottom, so you
can set this out to be displayed if you so desire. Since this is part of a series, the 7 in a
Christmas tree series marker is on the bottom.
Or, if you have a place you like to hang Halloween ornaments, you can
use the loop in the pumpkin’s stem. When
you do, you’ll find that the ornament tips back ever so slightly, but not
enough to be an issue.
I’m still stumped on what other creatures we could encounter
in this series. Guess I’ll find out when
the 2020 ornaments are announced.
Meantime, I will enjoy this year’s Happy Halloween! ornament.
Original Price: $15.99
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