It’s the first leg of October and it seems that there’s still so much to cross off of our annual Halloween-things-to-do list in Houston. For a more family-friendly activity this spooky season, be sure to load up the car with chocolates, candies, and other goodies, and make a trip out to Candy Cane Lane in Missouri City.
As the name would suggest, Candy Cane Lane is renowned for its abundant Christmas decor – making it foremost a Yuletide destination populated with the most over-the-top Christmas light displays, inflatable snowmen, reindeer, and more during the holiday season.
Before that time arrives, however, residents of Quail Valley in Missouri City haunt the 3100 block of Robinson Road with a larger-than-life Halloween displays for the living (or undead) to enjoy.
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Whether you want to go for a little drive and peep the themed inflatables, skeletons, bone yards, and spiderwebs galore. Or maybe, you can take the little ones for an out-of-neighborhood trick-or-treating; be apprised, however, the word has gotten out, in 2022 the neighborhood clocked over 3,000 trick-or-treaters. Actually, the Halloween tradition took off in 2019 when residents Chris and Mia Crochet injected the neighborhood with a little spooky spirit. Now, the tradition is known as “Nightmare on Candy Cane Lane”.
“It’s all really organic,” said resident Bill White. “Some of us take it a little far, but there’s no pressure. If you want to participate, do as much or as little as you want. Seeing kids having a blast, though: it’s addictive. You can literally hear their screams of joy from inside the house.”
In any case, be sure to take a trip down to Robinson Road, the Halloween street of Houston!
For other Halloween hi-jinx, there are two drive-thru haunted house experiences that you can enjoy from the safety of your vehicle. Alternatively, you can face your fears at the scariest haunted houses in Houston – or IRL haunted places in Texas – or enjoy a more relaxed stroll through the Houston Zoo’s Zoo Boo experience.
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