Well, Halloween is creeeping up on us so the inevitable question will be raised. What will you be for Halloween? This year, my lovely mother is coming to visit me for Halloweekend so I get out of deciding which parties to go to and can just hang out with her instead. However, this brings to mind my experience of Halloween as a child.
My mother was not ever very big on Halloween in general. We didn't do much in the way of trick-or-treating since our neighbors were all about a quarter-mile apart and necessitated driving to each house. Not really the traditional Halloween method. Regardless, as a kid in a public school, it's a requirement to dress up. And, so, each year, a week or so before Halloween, my mom would ask me, "So, whaddya wanna be this year? A ghost or a witch?" The answer to this question was highly dependent on what last year's answer was. I mean, I wouldn't want to be a ghost two years in a row! We would march up to the attic and retrieve the white pillowcase already outfitted with eyes and a mouth or the witch hat and any of several witch hair options and that would be that. And, so that's how it came to be that Hyla always dressed as a ghost or a witch or a witch or a ghost.
What will YOU be for Halloween?
(Warning: The preceding story could possibly have flourished and developed over the years.)
3 comments:
I'm going as Financial Analyst with Candy...the costume's pretty cheap.
I'm going as a fairy wearing boots (see: Black Sabbath). Went to a party last weekend and the costume went over really well. The hubs went as The Crow.
My costume options were always limited to whatever I could make out of the previous year's dance costume. Or the ubiquitous hobo. And, of course, that would usually be covered up by the winter coat because Oct. 31 is winter in Eburg. There is nothing sadder than a ballerina with a knee lenth parka.
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