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Seasonal and holiday gear sites for people who decorate the whole yard.

Halloween yard haunts, Christmas lights and inflatables, and Thanksgiving hosting gear. Short seasons, so the sites focus on what holds up year after year.

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A lit skeleton yard display in a Halloween haunt at night — Haunt & Hedge, halloween decorations & yard haunts

What these sites have in common

How the Seasonal & Holiday sites work.

Seasonal gear has a short window and a long memory. A yard display goes up for a few weeks a year, and whether it survives a wet October or a frozen December decides whether it is a purchase or a subscription. Power planning, weather ratings, timers and mounting are the unglamorous decisions that matter most, and they are the ones most seasonal roundups skip. Hosting gear has its own version of the problem: a turkey fryer is a safety decision before it is a cooking decision.

The three sites in this group are written for people who decorate the whole yard and host the big meals, not just the porch and the side dish. They cover weather and electrical ratings, safe fryer setup, realistic capacity and cleanup, and what holds up year after year in storage. Because the season is short, the sites lean on multi-year owner reports and manufacturer standards, and they say so; hands-on use is noted where it happened. The affiliate disclosure and the editorial standards are the same as on every other Iron Mako Media site.

Written by Mike M. · Last updated 2026-09-19

  • 3 sites in Seasonal & Holiday

    The Seasonal & Holiday sites

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  • A lit skeleton yard display in a Halloween haunt at night — Haunt & Hedge, halloween decorations & yard haunts

    Halloween decorations & yard haunts

    Haunt & Hedge

    Build the yard haunt the neighborhood talks about. Animatronics and 12-foot skeletons, inflatables that survive wind, fog machines and fluid, lighting and projection, the power setup that runs it all, and the November storage that decides whether it comes back. Written for the decorator who already decorates and adds one bigger piece a year, and it spends its effort on the parts other sites skip: anchoring, circuit load, keeping electronics dry. Every category publishes its own criteria, and every figure is credited to the manufacturer, retailer listing or named third-party test it came from.

    Visit hauntandhedge.com
  • A house outlined in warm Christmas lights at night — Bulb & Bough, christmas outdoor lights, inflatables & yard displays

    Christmas outdoor lights, inflatables & yard displays

    Bulb & Bough

    The outdoor Christmas display, solved, organized around the six stages of the job rather than around product categories: measuring a roofline and converting feet to strands, which bulb type suits which part of the house, which clips hold on gutter guards, metal roofs, brick and stucco, the amp math that stops the breaker tripping, inflatables and projectors that survive wind, and the takedown that makes next November take an hour. Its scores are its own editorial rubric, published on each roundup, and its specifications are linked in a Sources section on every page.

    Visit bulbandbough.com
  • A roasted turkey on a set holiday table — Fryer & Feast, thanksgiving & holiday hosting gear

    Thanksgiving & holiday hosting gear

    Fryer & Feast

    Turkey fryers, roaster ovens, prep and serving, the Thanksgiving table, New Year's Eve and a first-time hosting track, written for whoever drew the big meal this year. Every safety number carries a source, from the National Turkey Federation, the USDA and fire-service guidance, and the rules for the day itself are written in plain English. Its category scores are its own editorial rubric, published alongside each roundup.

    Visit fryerandfeast.com
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