PETER, Nancy, christopher and
Alexandria Souza, 8 NORTH ST., Warwick
HEN RETIRED CRANSTON POLICE
Detective Pete Souza first set out to create a
Halloween display at his home in Warwick in
2008, he knew he wanted it to be family-friendly.
His daughter, Alexandria, now twelve, was very
young at the time and she was afraid of zombies.
“I try to keep it family-friendly with ghosts and skeletons because
all kids love ghosts and skeletons,” Souza says. “When I was very
young, I used to enjoy Halloween immensely, so it carried on.”
Souza initially started out with a cemetery, which his son, Christopher,
helped him construct, but it eventually led to creating a full
display of handmade wooden and Styrofoam scenes, including the
creepy graveyard, Casper’s mausoleum and a stone castle facade the
family handcrafted out of Styrofoam that covers the entire front side
of the house. “The front facade is what we call the castle. That’s all
made of Styrofoam,” Souza says. “My daughter, wife and I made that
and framed it out of two-by-fours.” Souza also sets up a Christmas
display with nine-foot handmade Nutcrackers. | | CONTINUED ON PAGE 118