The smell of smoke drifts into your bedroom and you wake up coughing. After glancing at your digital alarm clock and thinking groggily for a few moments that ‘it’s not even daylight out yet’, you realize it wasn’t the alarm that woke you. You smell the smoke and walk out towards the living room of your apartment but everything seems normal enough. You can smell it though, something is on fire somewhere and the smoke is spreading quickly. You slip on some shoes, grab your wallet and cellular phone and head out into the hallway. The emergency exit is around the corner, but curiosity gets the better of you and you follow your nose instead. You head in the other direction and open the door to the stairwell on the other side of the hall.

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Where the stairs turn, you can see fire. It’s directly above your floor but nobody seems to be awake, or leaving. The sprinkler system hasn’t turned on either. You quickly close the door and run back down the hall. Were you really just that heavy of a sleeper that you didn’t notice everyone else leaving? Or was there no alarm, no warning? Was everyone still in their apartments sleeping?

You bang on your neighbor’s door and she opens it, groggily staring up at you and wondering why you’ve woken her. The building is on fire, you explain hurriedly, you tell her she has to get out. It seems that it wasn’t just you, it was the entire floor. As she runs back inside to grab her dog, you rub back down the hall. Starting at the apartments closest to the stairwell, you scream and knock on each door until the person comes out, or you’re convinced that nobody is home. The air gets thick around you, and you can see the flames curling through the ceiling now, but you make sure to get everyone in your hall out of the building. As you head down the stairs of the emergency exit though, you feel lightheaded and unstable. You struggle to get out of the building but your limbs give way to fatigue. There isn’t enough oxygen in your blood, and you think that maybe this was the last thing you were meant to do before you die. Your eyelids grow heavy and you loose consciousness.

To your surprise though, you wake up in an ambulance not even a half-hour later. You ask a paramedic what happened and he explains that someone had dragged you out of the building and disappeared soon after. You ask if it was a firefighter, and the man tells you that this person was dressed casually.

The paramedic smiles at you and says “Maybe you’ve got a guardian angel.”

May we reconvene under the blood red moon,
-Black Widow

Angel

Angels are beautiful and ethereal creatures that are said to watch over us, and do God’s work. So if your fancy yourself as someone good and wholesome, why not be an Angel for next Halloween? An angel costume can be as simple or as complicated as you wish it to be, so long as whatever you’re wearing is white, and you have wings of some kind (even if the wings are painted onto the back of your shirt) everyone will get the idea of what you’re supposed to be. But on the flip side, if you wanted to be a ‘bad’ ‘dark’ angel you could dress in all black, with the addition of wings and have the same effect.

The best part about this costume ( I think ) is that different cultures interpret angels differently, so there possibly hundreds of ways to do it. You could dress casually, as if you were an angel that had come down to earth for a specific purpose (possibly to attend a Halloween party?) and had to blend in with the rest of humanity. Or you could go completely over the top with a flowing gown, or do something a little different like Gabriel in the movie Constantine perhaps?

If you really wanted to get into it, you could choose a specific angel to be and carry props with you to represent that specific angel. For example, if you chose to be the archangel Michael, you could bring with you a sword or wear some kind of armor, since he was one that is often portrayed as either a protector, or a leader of battles.

Remember, even if you’re not quite wholesome or innocent, you can still be an angel on Halloween; or at the very least, you can look like one.

Who hasn’t seen angel Halloween costumes over and over? This heavenly being is often recreated for Halloween; but this year why not the angel more creativity. No need to do the overdone biblical version of the angel with its standard golden halo and crispy white feather wings. No, this year you can go mean or nice with your angel Halloween costumes and shake things up a bit. Even though the angel is a common costume, it doesn’t mean you can’t come up with a newer and much improved version of this favored Halloween costume.

Prior to designing, or heading out to purchase, your angel Halloween costumes this year, it might be a good idea to get some ideas going in your head. Will you follow the traditional white color scheme, or will you color outside the lines and try adding some bold color? Will you be a ‘good’ angel or a ‘bad’ angel? These are all things to be considered up front.

Angel Halloween Costume

Many cultures across the world have different ideas on what the angel actually looks like. By doing some upfront research into the history of angels, you can come up with angel Halloween costumes that are more authentic looking. But keep in mind that your angel costume doesn’t have to follow any historical format at all; on the contrary, this is Halloween, you can go all out with your creativity!

When thinking about the specifics of your angel costume keep in mind the three basic components: feather wings, halo (usually a golden halo), and a robe (usually white). These three components are a guide and are in no ways meant to restrict you in designing your adult Halloween costumes this year. Your angel can have a little more grit; it can even be downright devious. And who says the robe needs to be white; you could add some drama through color if you want.

Keep the basics in your mind as a starting point without thinking that angel Halloween costumes must have uniformity. Who says the golden halo needs to be golden? You could be a viable angel with an ivy wreath surrounding your head as well. And feather wings may be standard fare, but wings could be made out of some other material and dyed a color different than white should you decide.

Adding accessories to the angel Halloween costumes are also a possibility. Make the religious looking angel carry a book; should you decide to go with a more ‘devilish’ look for your angel, a pitchfork may be a good accompaniment to your outfit. In the end, you should add whatever bells and whistles to your outfit that seem the most appropriate.

Think about having a little extra fun this Halloween by choosing angel Halloween costumes of an opposing nature for you and a friend. One person can put the golden halo on atop a curly blond wig donning a glowing white robe; the other partner can play the opposite and wear a costume that is more Lucifer inspired. To really go all out, consider adding a touch of role play by pretending to be arch enemies at any parties attended together, you’ll garner lots of attention and make for a more fun evening.

The point I want to make is that your angel Halloween costumes don’t have to be the same old drab seen in previous years. Go ahead, change the look, and update it by adding more bells and whistles. One creative thought would be to pay someone to play the role of ‘demon’ at your Halloween party. Do what you can to make this year’s angel Halloween costumes have a more updated edge. Have fun and be different with your angel costume this year.