Halloween when you were a kid: fun, not fun, never did it, etc ?

[Niagara]

61. I celebrated Halloween as a kid, and still do

I got my pick of Halloween costumes as a kid. When I was in 2nd grade, my grandmother hand made a black cat costume that had ears on the hood, a stuffed tail and stirrups that went over my shoes. In the 5th grade, I wanted to be a witch, so my grandmother made the costume for me complete with a pointy witch hat.

In elementary school, each class would parade around the school to show off their costumes to other classes. We always started with the Kindergartners and worked up to the older students. There were prizes given out for the favorite costumes.

I came very close to missing Trick or Treating in the 1st grade. I wanted to be Bugs Bunny and my mom purchased one of those Ben Cooper/Collegeville costumes. Those costumes had a mask with a vinyl type of material that are put on over clothes. I was out running around like a banshee while scoring my candy loot. When we got back home, I took off my mask and my mom said "OMG!". I was covered from head to toe with chicken pox. Obviously, I already had the chicken pox virus before going Trick or Treating, but I think getting all hot and sweaty under that costume made them appear quicker. If those spots would have shown up before Trick or Treating, I would have been out of the candy loot race.