HALLOWEENS OF YESTERYEAR

 HOW ABOUT THESE COSTUMES?

I HAVE THIS BAG OF COSTUMES STUFFED IN THE BACK OF THE HALL CLOSET.  IT'S FULL OF COSTUMES, CHEER LEADING OUTFITS, (GABE THOUGHT HE MIGHT WEAR ONE OF THOSE FOR HALLOWEEN ), DANA'S BAND VEST, AND EVEN A FEW  CAP AND GOWNS.

THIS MUST HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST.  IT HAS TO BE 46 YEARS OLD.  I DON'T THINK THEY EVEN MAKE THESE KIND OF COSTUMES ANYMORE.  YOU COULD BUY THEM AT THE DRUGSTORE, WHERE THEY CAME IN A BOX, ALONG WITH A PLASTIC MASK.   IT BELONGED TO STEVE, AND HE WASN'T IN SCHOOL YET.  HE ALSO HAD A LITTLE RED PITCH FORK THAT I'M SURE HE PLAYED WITH AFTERWARDS, PROBABLY POKING HIS SISTER, UNTIL IT FELL APART.  

A FEW YEARS LATER,  ABOUT FIRST GRADE, HE WAS SUPERMAN IN THIS COSTUME.  THROUGH THE YEARS, THE BOTTOM GOT CUT OFF.  MORE THAN LIKELY IT GOT TOO SHORT AND HE STILL WANTED TO PLAY IN IT.
COSTUMES HAVE BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED,
BUT KIDS ARE STILL KIDS
AND HALLOWEEN IS STILL HALLOWEEN,
AND PARENTS WILL ALWAYS BE PARENTS, KEEPING THOSE COSTUMES FOR YEARS TO COME.