Halloween Costumes Philosophy
Halloween Candy Is For The TAKING!
Halloween Candy Is For The TAKING!
Halloween Candy Is For The TAKING!
Halloween Candy Is For The TAKING!
Halloween Candy Is For The TAKING!
Halloween Candy Is For The TAKING!
Halloween Candy Is For The TAKING!
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Halloween Costumes
Halloween Costumes are one of the great American treasures handed
down through the generations. The proper Halloween Costume choice is crucial. Choose the right
Halloween Costume and get ALL the Candy!
 Halloween Costumes have been a popular item here for years. Why, we were doing Halloween Costumes
before there was an Internet! Well, on our sister site, GetCalhoun.com anyway.
Halloween has gotten to be as big, if not bigger than
Christmas these days, (In terms of money spent for costumes, parties, etc...not the religious aspect) but
would you believe that the Halloween Costume craze really took off in the early part of the last
century?
Halloween Victorians were all about making sure that
they and their children had the latest fashions. They were also about making sure their kids got everything that
was coming to them!
Of course, they had to make their costumes themselves
or have them made. Nowadays, most people have so many delightful Halloween Costumes to choose from that they no
longer have to bend over a sewing machine all day.
 Hint -
If you have something in mind, simply use our Halloween Costume Search Engine at the top
of the page. Or if you want to shop around, choose something below to start and you'll have access to
hundreds upon hundreds of different Halloween Costumes and Halloween accessories to choose from!
To the right you'll find the main category buttons. It's scary but Halloween
fun!
The Philosophy Behind Why You Put On Your Halloween Costume From
HalloweenHome.net
By Norman Morrison
Halloween Costumes are an American tradition that goes back a long way and are the rage today. Tips and Tricks
for today's most successful Halloweeners.
In Halloween history, the Halloween costume and Halloween party rage seems to have really
caught on after the year 1900 in the United States, building over the years.
You might be surprised to
learn that the philosophy of Halloween is the exact opposite from the beloved Christmas
season. Whereas Christmas is a season of giving, Halloween is a night of TAKING. The object of the evening is to
transfer the candy wealth from the victim to the victor. You want to be the victor!
The Christmas story is begun using the benevolent three wise men. The Halloween story employs
the talents of the three dumb ax murderers.
Of the two, I prefer Christmas (See my Christmas
pages), but millions who love Christmas also enjoy their Halloween fun. Thus I present a bit of trivia for
your enjoyment as well as enlightenment.
All Hallows Eve participants have all of the love of a miserly Scrooge in their hearts. Why
else would they dress up as monsters and go forth pillaging candy pots all across the countryside?
Take the time honored challenge, "Trick or treat."
 Notice that the word "trick" comes first. The mission of the typical Halloweener is
not to sally forth to beg for candy. He or she does not wear the simple attire of a wise man. No.
They dress in Halloween costumes, transforming themselves into horrid apparitions who would rather trick than
treat. They go forth to TAKE. To DEMAND their sweet treats.
It is this implied threat of a trick that provokes the correct threat response in the victim
whereby they give up their treat (candy) to forestall the real possibility of having a trick played on them.
It is a fact that were it not for Halloween, the victim would likely have no candy in the first place.
In effect, the candy is a bribe to the potential tricker to just take the candy and go
away.
The force of law is on your side! In the case of Kirk vs Lurch which went all the way to
the Supreme Court in 1936, your rights as a tricker was upheld!
 In 1934, an experiment from the University of Iowa by the name of Lurch dressed up as
himself to go trick or treating on Halloween night. He approached the door of an Iowa grain farmer, John
T. Kirk, in Riverside, Iowa and rang the bell.
Upon opening the door, Kirk was so appalled and frightened that he gave Lurch a handful of
apples, instead of his customary one apple.
When Lurch, who was described as "a bit dim" did not budge, Kirk gave him ALL of his apples and
sugar treats as well. At this point, Lurch finally wandered off.
Kirk, after the episode, was so incensed that he had Lurch arrested and thrown into jail on a
charge of "intimidation and brigandry" (Which it most certainly was!)
Later in the week, Lurch was removed from the pokey by the good citizens of Riverside and
lynched.
In absentia, because he had been lynched, the justice of the peace of Riverside upheld the
charge against Lurch and fined him $12 and two weeks in jail.
Lurch, who did not die, was exhumed and thrown back into jail.
The University of Iowa was so angered that their experiment was treated in such a manner,
appealed the ruling, and the case eventually went all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States.
On October 31, 1936 the Supreme Court in a 5-4 split decision, ruled in favor of
Lurch and ordered the town of Riverside to pay him back the $12, a sack of apples, and a bag of sugar treats.
In the majority opinion delivered by Justice Douglas, he stated, "The implied threat of force
on Halloween night is perfectly acceptable, so long as no force is actually carried out."
Practically, what this means for trick or treaters, especially in the litigious world
of today is that you can threaten, but you can not actually carry out the threat.
Thus, for example, if your Halloween costume implies that you might leave a sack of burning cow
poop on the front steps if your demands for candy is not met, you may imply this, but you may not make good on the
threat. (I wouldn't even mention it. Let your Halloween Costume you purchased here do the talking for you.)
So, it comes down to a matter of leverage. What leverage is there, you might ask, if the victim
does not believe that he is in imminent danger of a dastardly trick?
This is where your choice of a Halloween costume becomes vitally important.
A horribly convincing costume, say, a Jason mask, for example, will inevitably induce
doubt into the mind of the victim, so much so, that he will comply with your demands for candy. After all, you may
be the rogue in the Halloween crowd who never heard of the Supreme Court ruling, or you might actually be Jason,
who could care less anyway. Get the point?
Look on your Halloween Eve antics as job interviews...Lots of job interviews. Dress well, use
your best scary manners, and impress the victim with your faux viciousness. Get the candy, and remember to thank
the victim afterwards.
You see, it's all about getting in and out quickly. Tricks take time and time is candy lost.
When you dress in your best scary Halloween Costume, you can skip the tricks and concentrate on the treats. Your
success in Halloween candy procurement is assured. Don't take chances. Dress in our Halloween Costumes
for Halloween Success! It's what the smart scary ones do!
See other famous Halloween Trick or Treaters:
Scarface Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, IRS
Thanks for visiting with
us here at HalloweenHome.net!
Come back soon and bring all your scary friends.
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