Halloween – It’s Not for ‘Little’ Kids Anymore

Ok, so everyone knows that Halloween is really considered, for all practical purposes, a “child’s” holiday.  Children love Halloween!  It’s second in popularity only to Christmas.  Which if you think of all the other holiday’s during the year, that’s pretty impressive.  So for the sake of parenting (and the writing of this article) we’ll happily give Halloween night to the kids.  But the weekends before and after, now those are for the “big” kids! 

 If you think about it, the actual theme of the holiday runs along the same lines for adults as it does for children, with just a few changes.  For example, (a) children dress up as their favorite superhero or pop star and go “trick-or-treating” through the neighborhood; whereas adults dress up as their favorite superhero or rock star and go out “clubbing” through the city.  And (b) children get to eat all the candy that their little heart desires, or at least until they throw up and their mom takes it away from them; whereas adults get to drink all the alcohol that their little heart desires, or at least until they throw up and their friends take it away from them.  Last year I had a friend that went clubbing with me dressed as Superman and believe me after a few drinks there was no “leaping tall buildings in a single bound”.  The tallest thing that he could leap was a street curb (and that was pushing it). 

 The biggest difference between children and adults at Halloween is that when a child puts on that superhero costume, he truly believes he’s that superhero, superpowers and all.  He’s become the infamous good guy defeating all evil in the world.  It’s adorable to see that transformation in their eyes with the innocence that only a child has.  But when an adult puts on a superhero costume, well that’s for a whole other reason.  He’s either out to win first prize in the costume contest or pick up on Wonder Woman, either way it’s just not as “believable”.   

 Seriously though, adults love Halloween and everything it represents.   With today’s economic turmoil it’s nice to have at least once a year when it’s admirable to let your hair down and your inner child come out.  And you’re not alone, every year more and more men are trading in their suit and tie to become a Pirate of the High Seas or a Medieval Knight and women are turning into Greek Goddesses and Fabulous Flapper Girls. The holiday is fun and it gives us a great reason to dress up and pretend we’re someone else even if it’s just for a night. 

This year make the most of the holiday by throwing a huge Halloween costume party and let the games begin.  Or get all your friends together, dress in costume and hit the town running.  Many club owners have extravagant costume contests with winners receiving some great prizes.  This always tends to bring out the competitive side of people encouraging them to come up with some really wild and crazy ideas not only for individual costumes, but couple and group costumes as well.

Being an adult at Halloween does have its advantages.  Besides not having a curfew, your costume can be as sweet and innocent or sexy and seductive as you like.  Remember, sexy is the new scary when it comes to Halloween costumes this year. For all you women out there, Leg Avenue and Playboy have some amazing costumes that make you go from soccer mom to sexy temptress in the flash of an eye – and it doesn’t have to be in just a virtual reality world.  By the way men, this is a win-win situation for you! 

 Happy Halloween!