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Halloween Display T-Shirt Contest

We're excited to announce the first contest this blog has ever thrown! Beginning now, we are accepting photo submissions of your halloween displays. On October 21, we will select the best overall display photo and the winner will receive a t-shirt which is custom printed with the display right on it. Simply email your photo and contact info and we will consider you entered. The top 5 will be included in the post which announces the winner. The winning photo will be creative, clear and of course, contain plenty of halloween pieces from Department 56. This can include Original Snow Village Halloween, All Hallows' Eve, Sleepy Hollow, or Dept56 halloween decoratives or Halloween Krinkles. Good luck!

Below are some of the well done Halloween photos we've come across:

Jeans 2005 HalloweenThis photo, titled Jean's 2005 Halloween
is from the Yahoo! Department 56 Collectors group. They have many photos you can browse. It's a very dedicated and active discussion group.




Building New WorldsBuilding New Worlds is a very active social network for Department 56 collectors. This image is called "At Downtown Disney".







Building New WorldsAlso from Building New Worlds comes this appopriately titled"Halloween Festival".







Halloween DisplayThis village display is from "My Halloween Decorations", a personal home page. The decorator describes his project: "The Halloween Village includes Dept 56 with some Lemax Spookytown buildings. The display uses the dining room table (aprox 72 x 40") with painted styrofoam bases and a grass mat."

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