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In reply to the discussion: Halloween when you were a kid: fun, not fun, never did it, etc ? [View all]EricaGriswoldAuthor
(68 posts)47. yup remember the plastic costumes.
thank goodness my mom made my costumes.
here is a picture of my friends and I in 1987. I'm the one with the orange yarn hair. My friend had one of those plastic costumes and we have a video of her parents asking her to put on her costume and you can hear her yell, "I don't want anyone to laugh at me!"
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It defintely is a "thing"--just not during the time period of the OP (nor even several years later)
hlthe2b
Oct 2019
#8
yes I never heard of it when I was a child, and only starting maybe in the 1980's ? nt
steve2470
Oct 2019
#9
Speaking for myself, it seemed to be one of those over-produced TV scare stories.
demmiblue
Oct 2019
#13
In your wildest imagination, can you envision hundreds of parents, lining up outside the E.R.,
3Hotdogs
Oct 2019
#30
Loved it! Always made our own costumes and makeup. Also remember collecting pennies for unicef
Floyd R. Turbo
Oct 2019
#4
Not sure if they still do it. Certainly not in my area. I do recall a few years ago reading letters
Floyd R. Turbo
Oct 2019
#14
As kids we did black face for trick or treat. That was in the 50's. So much of what we did was
wasupaloopa
Oct 2019
#16
I always thought it was fun, but I remember one year when it was very cold, my parents made me
smirkymonkey
Oct 2019
#55
Loved it! I started about 1957. We went in a small group of just kids. What a great way to have
dameatball
Oct 2019
#21
We always had the day after Halloween out of school - so we did it up big time
rurallib
Oct 2019
#23
My friend and I used to go to the rich neighborhood where they gave out the full sized candy bars
ProudLib72
Oct 2019
#24
In our town, it started with the costume parade assembly at the elementary school.
3Hotdogs
Oct 2019
#32
My siblings and I always found things to make our own costumes and marched in the parade and ran all
appleannie1
Oct 2019
#40
Oh yes, I'm 67 and Fundamentalists hadn't turned against Haloween when I was a kid.
lark
Oct 2019
#41
when my late mom was a litle girl( great depression era 1.0) she would listen to spookey shows on
AllaN01Bear
Oct 2019
#49
1960's - Lame, uncomfortable, store-bought costumes, mostly crappy candy, cold weather.
ThoughtCriminal
Oct 2019
#56
A family from Poland moved in across the street a week or two before Halloween
world wide wally
Oct 2019
#57