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Some people may say I'm a bit too old for Halloween, but fuck that! I've always dressed up and I always will. I've been Bruce Lee, a SWAT officer, a Vulcan Starfleet officer, a vampire, Blade, Batman, and a Judge Hunter (my friend was Judge Dredd so it matched pretty well). This year I'm going to be The Punisher. What about everyone else?

No. Its a tacky American holiday.

One of my husband's friends always throws a Halloween costume party, so I've dressed up for those. But that hasn't been for a couple of years now. We keep trying to get our three year old to dress up, but whenever I point out a costume (he's really into pirates right now) to make him look like a pirate, he gets very upset and says "no, I'm not a pirate, I'm just Brennan!" And that gets said for pretty much any costume we offer. He has some weird idea with his identity being confused by the costume I guess.

If I'm obliged to dress up to come to a party I'll say I'm coming as a farmer, which is pretty much how i dress anyway.
Other favourite costumes include Chechnyan freedom fighter/terrorists.

I haven't dressed up since the 8th grade. Oh my god, that was 10 years ago. *commits suicide* But seriously, Halloween is my FAVORITE HOLIDAY EVER. I decorate my apartment with witches, ghosts, and spiderwebs. I even have this cute Halloween wreath with orange and black ribbons and bells. A few days before the event I buy pounds and pounds of chocolate for all the trick-or-treaters. I usually rent a scary movie and download some ghost stories to read with my friends and family that night. Oh yeah, and I always carve pumpkins. Halloween surpasses every holiday, even Christmas. :) Halloween's my high holy day.

No. Its a tacky American holiday.

Indeed, but a superb oppurtunity to become utterly drunk

Hell yeah, Halloween Rocks.

Of course. Just last year I dressed up as DEATH HIMSELF, and went around scaring kids on the hayride! Muhahaha!

Then...I went home and ate all the leftover candy at our house.

No, to me Halloween is more of a joke then a holiday. I do not think it makes sense to dress up for Halloween.

a Vulcan Starfleet officer
cooooooooooool :p
you should come trick or treating round here - anyone dressed up as a vulcan, klingon or anything of the sorts gets all my sweeties :P

i've only dressed up for halloweed once - a few years back when i was a tad more... 'rebellious'. we dressed up as fairies, tricked-or-treated before most of the actual kids did (we were about 16/17) and got most of the 'candy' (crazy american word, that), got other kids to give us a fair whack of their trick-or-treat stash as well, and went round egging people's houses till the police came and got mildly annoyed at us :(
heh, after they were gone we found a dead pidgeon and shoved it halfway through some people's letterbox :p
oh and we were pretty drunk the whole time too.... ahh precious memories...

I'm going as a Soviet this year, I wonder how many of my neighbors will throw rocks at me.

I am thirty-I have four kids of my own--and i have not dressed for only ONE Halloween since I was one.

Hell yeah I dress up for Halloween.

I shall dress like thw two years before, in Osama bin Laden (true!).

:mp5:

No. Its a tacky American holiday.
Is it "tacky" simply on its own merit, or because it is American.

No. Its a tacky American holiday.


Heh? I am rather surprised that you seem so completely unaware that it is a British holiday.

http://www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/12_19.html

Heh? I am rather surprised that you seem so completely unaware that it is a British holiday.
I thought everyone knew that...

cooooooooooool :p
you should come trick or treating round here - anyone dressed up as a vulcan, klingon or anything of the sorts gets all my sweeties :P

i've only dressed up for halloweed once - a few years back when i was a tad more... 'rebellious'. we dressed up as fairies, tricked-or-treated before most of the actual kids did (we were about 16/17) and got most of the 'candy' (crazy american word, that), got other kids to give us a fair whack of their trick-or-treat stash as well, and went round egging people's houses till the police came and got mildly annoyed at us :(
heh, after they were gone we found a dead pidgeon and shoved it halfway through some people's letterbox :p
oh and we were pretty drunk the whole time too.... ahh precious memories...

Damn man! You were a little bastard weren't you? Making all that trouble. :p Not only have I dressed up as a Starleet officer on Holloween I've actually dressed up for a date once. It went pretty well and everybody thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread, and yes I got laid that night ;)

Is it "tacky" simply on its own merit, or because it is American.

And I want to know if Carops labels it as an American holday because he's embarassed to admit it's a British holiday and he doesn't think Brits are tacky or because he just doesn't know it's a British holiday.

I find it funny that some of you are too pretentious and self-important to let loose and enjoy Halloween. Hell, when did we ever need an excuse to party, get drunk, and pig out on little Kit-Kats? What's the harm? It's fun. LET YOUR HAIR DOWN.

And I want to know if Carops labels it as an American holday because he's embarassed to admit it's a British holiday and he doesn't think Brits are tacky or because he just doesn't know it's a British holiday.
I know Carops. He hates the EU because he refuses to confirm that Brits are Europeans. I hate the EU as well, but I think brits should stop trying to convince people that they are not Europeans, when they know they are Europeans.(No offense to British people)

@ Kejott: LOL

I dress up in some surplus stuff from the German Army, and hand out the treats to the little kids. A tad too old for Trick-or-Treating(15), but I still dress up and hand out the candy. I have been military for the past 5 years.

I thought everyone knew that...

Carops apparantly didn't. And the location he or she listed is "Greater Manchester"...

I dont like it. its to childish

Oh crap, how could I have forgotten?!? I've also been a Predator (yes from the 1987 movie) 2 times.

I know Carops. He hates the EU because he refuses to confirm that Brits are Europeans. I hate the EU as well, but I think brits should stop trying to convince people that they are not Europeans, when they know they are Europeans.(No offense to British people)

Ah, so just a crank then.

Anyway, I do dress up. The most successful costume ever was the pirate outfit that won me first prize (a $500 mountain bike) at a local bar about 9 years ago.
Also, I teach ESL, and have lots of kids classes so I get too dress up for Halloween at work for a whole week! Plus, I've also been worked a local shopping mall's Halloween parade and costume contest event for 7 years. I am the Pumpkin King. :)

Oh hell yeah! Last year I was a pixie, and this year, a friend of mine is dressing me up in drag! Going to be great! Plus you get pissed and eat far too much chocolate...
Heh, last year we went trick-or-treating and the first house we went to the guy there was Asian and didn't have a clue what Hallowe'en is. But he found some chocolate eventually.

No. Its a tacky American holiday.

So what? Halloween isn't like Christmas or Easter or anything- it's not supposed to mean anything- it's just an excuse to dress up, go to a party, and end of vomiting (from alcohol or candy- your choice).
It's meant to be tacky. It's a joke, and it's bloody fun!

:sniper: - Snipers are cool.

i don't normally dress up for halloween but i have a friend who insists upon doing it every year. last year he got a barney suit and decided to wear it backwards...

I know Carops. He hates the EU because he refuses to confirm that Brits are Europeans. I hate the EU as well, but I think brits should stop trying to convince people that they are not Europeans, when they know they are Europeans.(No offense to British people)

Not all Brits try and pretend there not European. Just the idiot nationalists. Some, like me, support the EU. Most people don't give a crap either way.
Anyway, what's wrong with the EU? Americans just hate it 'cos it doesn't kiss your ass like Britain does.

I'm 21 and have never not dressed up. I haven't been trick-or-treating for candy in eight years though. I tend to do a lot of volunteer stuff around that time, like for UNICEF and parties for kids. Gives me an excuse :) In recent years I've been Observer from MST3K, a bard, and witch, and Harry Potter of course.

No, ya damn dirty ape 'cause it's a stupid American holiday/celebration/dressing up invention.

There's plenty and better reasons to party and to drink. Fuck Halloween.

last year I either ate too much candy or drank too much vodka because I puked all over my friends car (I also celebrate samhain,the pagan version)

Oh crap, how could I have forgotten?!? I've also been a Predator (yes from the 1987 movie) 2 times.
You are the EPITOME of awesome.
As for me, I love dressing up for Halloween. Last year I was Ash from the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness movies, and this year I'll be Chamber, from Generation X/Excelsior. I love comic books.

Hell yeah!! any excuse to wear a sexy witch costume with a long black wig I'm in! Holloween is the one day a year you get to be somebody else. In fact, last year I dressed up as a conservative christian. That scared lots of people since that's the exact opposite of who I am.

And I want to know if Carops labels it as an American holday because he's embarassed to admit it's a British holiday and he doesn't think Brits are tacky or because he just doesn't know it's a British holiday.
Well to be fair, I myself did not know it was Brittish- I mean I thought it was Catholic(obviously with some European origin).
Since the day after is All Saints Day, and everything.
I am not Catholic, I justthought the tradition centered around that, and like most Holidays its true meaning was commercialized away.
As far as our critque goes, I think he is jumping on the "insult anything American band-wagon" and since he isnt intelligent enough to know that the Holiday is indeed not American he just used the first insult that sounded "cultured" which was ... "tacky" .
Anyway he sounds like a proper prick either way.

Heh? I am rather surprised that you seem so completely unaware that it is a British holiday.
Samhain is a Celtic holiday, and the only similarity between that and the american halloween celebrations is the date, which the Roman Catholic church adopted for one of their festivals. Not that I'm saying it's a bad thing. I'm just saying Samhain is completely unconnected in spirit to Halloween.

Oh crap, how could I have forgotten?!? I've also been a Predator (yes from the 1987 movie) 2 times.
Pfft. That's nothing. Last year I was Freddy Krouger (is that how you spell it?) anyway, I even had the claws and a mask which resembled him quite well. I missed the hat though, it came as alast minute thought and I couldn't find one, but people still realised who I was.

I've never dressed up for hallow'een... I really have no idea why. I just recall the entire notion really repulsing me *not for any religious reasons or anything, in fact I don't know for sure why* and me refusing to have any part in it.

Last year I was a catholic school girl (I'm a 6'2" 165 lb guy with a goatee and pretty hairy legs.) Sadly, I got hit on more than my female friend wearing a corsette. Might have something to do with the fact that we went to see RHPS

A friend of mine went in "college camo"...camo clothes with condom wrappers, beer cans, papers, and a pizza box taped on

No. Its a tacky American holiday.
Wow, that stick has got to get uncomfortable at times, huh?

Im dressing up as John Constantine, even getting the haircut

forgot to say, im even making a fake version of his gun! i will make real bullets for it though, even though they cant fire.

I think I am gonna go for either the Pirate or the Pimp this Halloween. Two classic costumes, you really cant lose with either.

I'm going to dress as Hitler and scare the elderly :D

I'm going to dress as Hitler and scare the elderly :D

Go into a jewish neighborhood wearing the moustach and a swazticha (i know i cant spell right) on your arm and MP-40 in hand

I think I am gonna go for either the Pirate or the Pimp this Halloween. Two classic costumes, you really cant lose with either.
And you don't have to change much to switch back and forth ;)

Samhain is a Celtic holiday, and the only similarity between that and the american halloween celebrations is the date, which the Roman Catholic church adopted for one of their festivals. Not that I'm saying it's a bad thing. I'm just saying Samhain is completely unconnected in spirit to Halloween.

And since when the Celts come from outside what're now known as the British isles?

Additionally, the information on the Scottish website I posted above suggests the customs are not all that different - wearing scary costumes, jack o'lanterns (turnips and pumpkins are a trifiling difference), bobbing or dooking for apples, etc.

And finally, I'm sure the so sure Scots will be willing to give up Robby Burns as an American for his poem Halloween (http://www.djmcadam.com/halloween.htm)....
If you want to disclaim him, feel free...

Dress up for Halloween? Hell yes! Dressing up as crazy stuff is damn fun, and Halloween is pretty much the only day of the year that you can do it and not get really odd looks.

And silly people saying it's just an American holiday (though is it really a holiday if you don't get time off...?), Canadians love it just as much.

I'll probably end up being a complete anime geek and dressing up as Gaara from Naruto. Recent years I've been Van Helsing, Trinity from the Matrix, a cat person/mage, Elvis the Maian from Perfect Dark, and once went with a friend as two people in a canoe. My childhood costumes weren't that interesting, except for the time I was a tree.