When I was growing up, my mother helped me get together a Halloween costume each year.
Usually, it was simply made of things we had around the house. It wasn’t any sort of statement, it was just a costume, and, probably more cost effective than the really cool “store bought” costumes that I discovered later.
So, some years, I had a “homemade” costume, while other years, I had a generic “cover-all” style costume, and, whatever uncomfortable mask came in the shiny box with the cellophane window.
I could be wrong, but, back then a costume was just a costume, and, it didn’t …read more