The tradition of wearing Halloween costumes has its origin’s in the pagan rituals Samhain and Christian All Saints Day Celebrations. The wearing of costumes can be traced back to two popular customs. The first involves the wearing of clothing to remember and honor recently departed family members or loved ones. Since people believed the layer between the world of the living and the world of the dead was able to be penetrated by spirits on this day, some cultures believed that departed family members could inhabit the body of people wearing their old clothing. The second custom believes that the dead were able to walk amongst the living on Halloween and by dressing in scary costumes and hiding their faces the living were able to fool the spirits and keep themselves safe.
While scary or gruesome costumes are still very popular, most people choose something a little tamer. While more Halloween costumes are bought for children than any other age group, more and more adults are dressing in Halloween costumes and coming to costume parties. Costume manufacturers produce large quantities of trendy costumes each year, mimicking top political, celebrity or news figures of the past year. Costumes based on popular movie or television characters are also popular with adults, and children. If you’re looking for a Halloween costume try to do your shopping as early as possible (late September or early October) to give yourself the widest selection to choose from, waiting until the last minute won’t give you many costumes to chose from
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