Halloween has been an important holiday around the world for many years. In the 20th century certain milestones have shaped the way we look at Halloween. Here are some Halloween pinnacles.

“Halloween Capital of the World”
In 1920, Anoka, Minnesota civic leaders suggest the idea of a town wide Halloween celebration, including a Halloween parade. Bags of popcorn, candy, peanuts and other treats were given away to the children who had marched in the parade.

“War of the Worlds”
On October 30, 1938, Mercury Theatre radio aired their Halloween special, an adaptation of the H. G. Wells book “War of the Worlds” , hosted by Orson Welles’. Beginning at 8:00pm, millions of listeners were shocked when radio news alerts announced the invasion of Martians, initially landing in Grovers Mill, New Jersey.

“Peeps”
Since 1952, Peeps, those sweet little marshmallow candies have been a holiday favorite and tradition. Halloween Peeps include bats, cats, pumpkins, and ghosts.

Although the original Peeps were standard marshmallow flavor, some of the newer flavors including cocoa for the Halloween cats and bats. The basic ingredients for Peeps is marshmallow, sugar, gelatin, and carnauba wax.

“Vampira”
In 1954, Vampira became the first horror show host on television. From 1954-1955, the show was broadcast on the Los Angeles based television station KABC-TV.

The Vampira Show televised mostly low budget suspense films and set the stage for a multitude of hosted horror shows. Portrayed by actress Maila Nurmi, who’s television persona was inspired by Charles Addams “Morticia Addams” character.

It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!”
In 1966, children were thrilled by this twenty-five minute long animated Halloween special based on the Charles Shultz “Peanuts” comic strip characters.  Peanuts costumes are a fun way to portray the comic strip characters. How can you get into the Halloween spirit without watching this one?

It’s a definite classic for young and old alike, with Linus is waiting for the Great Pumpkin while those around him trick or treat. Will he be rewarded for his vigilance or left out in the cold once?

“Halloween”
In 1978, the classic horror movie Halloween was released into theaters and became the highest-grossing independent movie ever made at that time. “Halloween costumes” are a really fun way of portraying the movie.

Due to its meager budget of only $300,000.00, the prop department used the cheapest mask that they could find, a Captain Kirk (William Shatner) mask. They spray-painted the face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eye holes to give it a more sinister appearance.

This list of costumes for couples should help spark your creativity whether the Halloween costumes are for a romantic couple, a parent and child, or siblings. For even a better effect, switch rolls – woman dressed as the man typically would… If you have an idea that should be listed here, please submit it to be posted using this simple form! If you prefer to browse through costumes for couples listed by theme, check out this collection.

Here are some ideas:

best friend costumes

key and lock set costumes

plug and socket costumes

snowman and woman costumes

Gilligan’s Island Costumes

Ninja Turtles Costumes

Brady Bunch Costumes

These are just a couple ideas. There are many, many more! Going together with a group or a friend as a dynamic duo, trio or groups of even more is probably one of the funner costume ideas i have come across!! The more the merrier as they say, and the more the funnier too! People will definitely get a kick out of your couples costumes, you guys will be the life of the party!

It’s almost Labor Day weekend and for many that means an extra day of work off and or time and a half. I don’t think i know a single, person, child or animal that doesn’t like the sounds of that! Labor Day weekend also marks the beginning of a tradition that’s been happening for a while. Burning Man!!!!

Wikipedia’s definition of Burning Man is as follows: “Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event starts on the Monday before, and ends on the day of, the American Labor Day holiday (August 29 to September 5, 2011). It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance”.

Burning man marks summer solstice, every year an actual wooden man is burnt as a symbol of the beginning of fall and end of summer. Burning Man does not have a single focus, this is its motto: “community, artwork, absurdity, decommodification and revelry”.

Costumes and man-made vehicles are extremely extravagant and wildly creative! Some great accessories to any costume or wild invention would be a set of wings and glitter. You can do anything with glitter and a pair of wings!

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