Charger Features
Costume changes a disgraceEmilee Chaffin, Associate Editor Do you remember when Halloween costumes were creatively dreamed
up months ahead of time? Moms would work vigorously to create the
best, most detailed costume any child could want.
What happened to that? Now, it seems, on October 30, Wal-Mart is
overcrowded with last-minute $5.99 costume buyers. If, by chance,
Wal-Mart happens to be out of the Disney character or Saturday morning
cartoon star the child wanted, then moms just wrap their child up
in aluminum-foil and send him off to trick-or-treat as a giant leftover. Why is that? Is the world too busy to remember the traditions that
make every holiday season so special? Why is everyone rushing and
hurrying to get last-minute things done and then having to settle
for however things go? Traditions are meant to be kept, hence why they are called traditions.
They are what make the holiday seasons such a happy time. Halloween costumes are not what I have a problem with. If a child
wishes to be Bob the Builder or Batman for Halloween, then let him.
I think it seems like people don’t care about family and traditions
the way they used to. Everyone is in such a hurry to get stuff done that they don’t
take time to relax and realize that what is actually important is
right in front of them. Family, friends, life and the people in it are what makes holidays
so special. Granted some would argue that it is, in fact, the 2 week hiatus from school that makes the Christmas holiday special or the mounds of candy waiting for you to get sick on at Halloween. In all reality it is the time spent enjoying the company you are with and living life to the greatest of its potential.
Article prepared for web by Joy Wheeler
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Little
girls with frilly pink dresses and fake diamond tiaras would run
around with others wearing ripped, dirty rags and awesome face paint,
looking like monsters. Witches, complete with fake warts and old
brooms, visit houses with ghosts that are actually made out of a
sewn-up bed sheet.