Dead State Design Update and Companion Portrait

We seem to have missed this Halloween-themed update earlier in the week on the official Dead State forums, during which DoubleBear's Brian Mitsoda introduces us to one of the game's excellent-looking companion portraits before polling their audience about the holiday.
Happy Halloween from DoubleBear and the Dead State team. I don't know if zombies have much to do with Halloween - I mean, an attack happening that night would just be so obvious. On the other hand, they'd go mostly unnoticed until the whole ripping people apart thing. Has anyone done a group costume of a shambling horde? I bet that would freak a good number of people out.

So, aside from the portrait, this isn't really a design update. As this is a message board about a horror game, I'm betting a fair number of you are also Halloween enthusiasts. For those that are, how do you usually approach the holiday? Do you make the house look festive? Dress up? Or go all out and try to actually scare trick-or-treaters that approach your door? Or are you one of those people that turns out the lights and pretends to not be at home?