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Northwest Living: The new face of Halloween
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Anonymous user Tue Oct 24, 2006 17:14:38 PDT
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0 responses 0 comments It’s time again.  At my house, we’ve contemplated being a princess, a ladybug, the little mermaid and a witch. Every year, my kids are very wishy-washy about what they’re going to be for Halloween, right up until a few days before. Such uncertainty, such stress. How will these poor kids make it through the hype, let alone the post-event sugar rush come-down? Maybe this is the year we save our kids from themselves and make Halloween an adult-only event.

I know what you’re thinking, but c’mon, the kids already have a lock on Christmas, Thanksgiving is lost to your dysfunctional extended family, and nobody gets Arbor Day off anymore. Here’s my plan:  we need to set up giant babysitting centers on Oct. 31, maybe at schools or churches, and drop all of our kids off there for the night freeing us up to enjoy Halloween the way it was meant to be — with lots of beer and inappropriate costumes!

I can’t be the only one to notice. Have you seen the direction women’s Halloween costumes have gone in the last few years?  You soccer moms are secretly all a bunch of hot French maids and cowgirls just waiting to spill out of your barely-there alter ego. When did this happen? I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but Halloween has changed!  While candy companies were snoozing and thinking they owned All Hallows’ Eve, along came the Coors Light twins stealing it away!

Or, maybe it was Elvira who made eternal damnation so appealing. It certainly wasn’t the old fat-guy-in-the-tutu costume. I don’t know who gets the credit, or blame, but the new and sexy Halloween has certainly arrived. 

If you’re a traditionalist and this upsets you, don’t shoot the messenger, just look online or at the local costume shop. You’ll see what’s selling.  Did you see where “Road Construction Girl” thought to put her cones?

Consider this a public service announcement. As part of the media, it’s my job to be sure everyone’s aware of what’s “in.” For your benefit, of course.

E-mail Dean at: dean@kgfm.com

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