This Halloween: Be Careful How You 'Hang' Your Decorations

Something I've never worried about. Never bought into the decorating for Halloween thing. Couple carved pumpkins perhaps but anything else is waste of time and money.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good perspective by Andrew: While decorating our house for Halloween recently, my wife and I were discussing options for displaying a realistic skeleton. I was recalling my childhood of decorating a friend's house, which involved hanging a skeleton by a hangman's noose. My wife said we probably shouldn't go that route, given the connection to lynchings in our country's past.

I can honestly say I never considered a connection to lynching when I've hung or seen hung a skeleton or body. I always looked at it as a horror prop or gallows, something along those lines ... I can probably chalk this up to my privilege as a straight white man, but became genuinely curious of where a skeleton or body hanging from a noose stands as a Halloween decoration. ... Is there a history to it that I just wasn't aware of?"

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This isn't commonly discussed from what I've seen, but I've heard of it sparking rage in blacks. As usual, you share some thought-provoking NPR content with smart tagging for those interested to see. Thanks.