Let me begin by saying that this is by no means representative of ALL homeschoolers. but... in my house we did not celebrate halloween. I never once dressed up like a pumpkin, witch, ghost, or anything else. The closest I got to trick-or-treating was when i was like 13 or 14 and my "costume" was a cowboy hat, and I stayed on the curb while a group of younger friends asked for candy. I dont remember ever really caring-we always did something else equally as fun. seriously- family moive marathon for the week before or cupcake decorating parties with candy overload were awesome!
ANYWAY, now, I am a teacher. and i still dont care about halloween but its a fun holiday, dressing up is "fun." only, I hate it. All the times i have tried getting halloween costume together i have failed. I mean, i put them on. and maybe other people dont think they are a failure, but i certainly am no comfortable and I am counting down the minutes until i can go change and get out of the clothes that are not what i want to be wearing.
I have no moral dilema with Halloween dressing up...I just dont like it. but as a teacher its kinda unsportsmanlike to not dress up. i mean, its fun right? ::sigh::
tomorrow is our school halloween celebration. we'll see what 7am decides about my wardrobe...
born in the US, living in Mexico. born Erickson, married into Martinez.
