WHY DRESS UP FOR HALLOWEEN
What does Halloween mean to you? Is it a day to wear the most original Halloween costume and have lots of fun; for tricks and treats; or is there more to it?
A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN:
On Halloween, it was thought that the dead came back to the earth to dwell among the living. In a bid to avoid encountering the dead, people always dressed up in costumes as a guise to ward away the dead.
Originally, Halloween costumes were meant to trick the evil spirits that were believed to be roaming the earth on the Halloween night. But by the 11th century, the church adapted Halloween and introduced a tradition called “souling”.
Souling means children offering prayers for the souls of dead friends and families in exchange for soul cakes. Children will go door to door in their Halloween costumes, dressed up as angels, demons, or saints. This later gave rise to the trick-or-treating that has become a huge part of Halloween today.
HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
From past records, Americans spend an average of $80 each on their Halloween costume. People are always willing to top what they wore the year before, even if it means spending more money. This is a good business idea and lots of companies started cashing in from as far back as 1920, and they are still in a profitable business up till today.
These Halloween costume companies brought in lots of creativity in making great costumes for their customers. They have the scary ones for people that are into scary stuff like that. There is the tales kind of costumes like snow white, Cinderella, red riding hood, etc. You can also find modern themed costumes for Halloween for people that want to dress up like a celebrity, an electronic, house hold equipments, or virtually anything you can think of.
Some of the original Halloween costumes are ghost costumes, witch costumes, devil costumes, skeleton costumes, and mummy costumes. The originals are still popular to this day.
If you think there are no suitable costumes for you out there, you can make your own yourself and bring in another unique angle to the whole celebration.