Halloween Costumes: The Ridiculous to the Relevant

Hello once more. It is now time for me to randomly rant some more. Please comment if you wish, I will love you for it (possibly). So my insomnia won over yesterday and I was up till 5 am this morning. Watching Doctor Who and making my Halloween costume. What might my costume have been? The TARDIS of course. What is a TARDIS??? (I can't believe you are asking me this...for shame) See here:

 (it's a Doctor Who thing....wibbley wobbley timey wimey stuff, maybe I'll do a DW info blog later, otherwise, just look it up, it's everywhere on the internet) 

Ok, now that we are all on the same page again, as I sat around working on my costume I started thinking about the interestingness that is Halloween. I mean, it was derived from Samhain, and ended up becoming, at least in the US, a day during which we watch scary movies, eat way too much sweets, and wear either extremely, umm, immodest, or quirky costumes. (I am not talking about small children here, fyi. Hopefully their costumes do not fall into the immodest category.)

Halloween seems to be the one time in the year when it is completely acceptable for women to wear, and on occasion men too, the least amount of clothing possible, while still being clothed. Which is an odd phenomenon to me, coming from a private school, and never really having been to Halloween parties or anything of the sort in high school. Last year I worked during the weekend before Halloween, and this year, I have to work on Halloween. However, seeing the costumes people have prepared, or are wearing, is interesting to say the least.

Where did wearing a costume to confuse spirits and possibly avoid possession, or dressing as saints and demon, turn into this ritual of seeing who can wear the most ridiculous, fabric-less garb? See interesting article here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081027-halloween-facts-costumes-history.html

Whether there are political portrayals or characters from books and movies, I'm am always intrigued to see what costumes will be walking around campus. Even more interesting are the differences between some costumes, how two Red Riding Hoods can be so very different. Everyone puts their own tweak on their costume, just be being themselves.

There are so many unique and creative costumes out there, don't get me wrong. I personally applaud those who go for the quirky. (It's just more my style). And I do believe that everyone has the right to wear what they want, they should't be objectified for it. (As I sit here semi-judging). I think that if people want to be scantily clad, more power to them. Because, I guess it isn't really the fact that some outfits might seem immodest that bothers me. It's the fact that here in the Midwest, it can be in the 30's on Halloween. And there is no way I would be warm while wearing some of the costumes I've seen.

So, if you choose to wear something quirky, more scant, or somewhere in between this Halloween, I wish you luck! Enjoy the day, and the festivities that go with it. Just try not to get frostbite in the process!!!

Happy Trick-or-Treating!