Halloween Costume Count 2012!
Participation was down this year compared to 2011 due to Sandy terminating Halloween in a fair number of Eastern areas. Still, we had the always-strong reporting from the Pacific Northwest (Washington, specifically), as well as a report from Alaska. Canada was also represented.This year's top ten reported costumes:
Princess
Ninja
Witch
Vampire
Zombie
Spiderman
Fairy
Captain America
Batman
Pirate
Skeleton
How does this compare to last year? They're quite similar, really--Spiderman made it onto the list this year, and the killer from Scream dropped off. That seems like a good trade to me. Even that, though, could be an accounting issue, because "Superhero" made the top ten last year, and Captain America, Spiderman, and Batman all qualify. So lump them together, and the Scream dropout is the only actual change.
I'm quite sorry to note that the little girl who said she was "the city of Paris, France" did not make an appearance this year at my door, although possibly she came as Luxembourg and I just missed her.
The tabulation of submissions is always fascinating, because there are strange little notes that always make me wonder. Here are a few of the most interesting costumes this year:
Goth Baby Dolls
Prostitot (a typo, perhaps, or a tiny child dressed as a prostitute?)
Cleopatra (that completely kicks ass)
Katniss Everdeen (nice to see "The Hunger Games" get some love)
Playing Card
Rainbow Unicorn (an animated musical coming to a theater near you)
Tracksuits with rainbow bug antennas
Commanda (a female commando, naturally)
Dude With Knife
Jerry Garcia
The Old Man From UP
Roman Caesar (I assume this is distinct from the Polish Caesar)
Skyscraper
The Girl From Orphan (this one is mine, the kid told me who she was, except I have no idea what "Orphan" is)
This year's unquestioned winner, though, must go to Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald and an English naval officer and colonial governor. Give that kid triple candy, please.
Now, the traditional data dump (by costume type, not volume):
| “Bad bat” (batman as he should have been, he explained) |
| 50s girl |
| American Indian |
| Angel |
| Army Man/Soldier |
| Army Ranger |
| Astronaut |
| Athena |
| baby dinosaurs |
| Baker |
| ballet dancer |
| Baltimore Ravens |
| Bane |
| Barcode |
| Baseball player |
| Batgirl |
| Batman |
| Bear |
| Bee |
| Blue Teletubby |
| Burglar |
| Candy Corn |
| Captain America |
| Cat |
| Cheerleader |
| Chicken |
| Cleopatra |
| Clifford |
| Clown |
| commanda (female commando, she explained) |
| Conductor |
| construction worker |
| Cookie Monster |
| Cool 70's Guy |
| Cowboy |
| Cowboy |
| Cowgirl |
| Crash Test Dummy |
| Crayon |
| cupcake |
| dark fairy |
| Darth Vader |
| Demon |
| Devil |
| Dinosaur |
| Dog |
| Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) |
| Dragonfly |
| Dude with knife |
| Elf |
| ER Patient |
| Evil Harlequin |
| Eyeball |
| Fairy |
| Fairy Princess |
| Farmer |
| firefigher |
| Football player |
| Garden Ghome |
| Ghost |
| Ghoul |
| Girls in PJ's |
| Goth Baby Dolls |
| Greek goddess |
| grim reapers |
| Gumby |
| Guy Fawkes |
| harlequin-type joker (a deck-of-cards-type joker) |
| Hermione |
| Hippie |
| hobos |
| Horror Victim |
| Hotdog vendor |
| Hulk |
| Hunger Games Girl |
| iPad |
| Ironman |
| Its It |
| Jason |
| Jason Vorhees |
| Jason's Victims |
| Jerry Garcia |
| Jester |
| John Deere Tractor |
| Karate |
| Katniss Everdeen |
| kittens |
| Kitty/Cat |
| Lady Bug |
| Lady Vampire |
| Ladybug |
| Leopard |
| Lion |
| Little red riding hood |
| Lumberjack |
| Marilyn Monroe |
| Mario |
| Master Chief |
| Mercenary |
| Mexican wrestler |
| Monster |
| Mummy |
| Musketeer |
| Nerd |
| Ninja |
| Ninja Turtle |
| Old man from UP |
| Outdoorsman |
| out-of-work NHL player |
| Owl |
| Panda |
| Peacock |
| Penguin |
| pig |
| Pirate |
| Pirate/Princess |
| Playing Card |
| Pokeman |
| Pokey |
| Policeman |
| Pop singer |
| Power Ranger |
| Princess |
| Princess Darth Vader |
| prisoner |
| Prostitot |
| Pumpkin |
| Punk zombie |
| Queen |
| Rainbow Unicorn |
| Rapper |
| Rapper/Teenager |
| Robin |
| robot |
| Roman Caesar |
| Sack of Flour |
| Scarecrow |
| Scream |
| SF Giants Player |
| Silver skeleton |
| Skeleton |
| Skyscraper/bldg |
| slumber party (5 girls, and very funny) |
| Smarty Pants |
| Snow White |
| Sock Monkey |
| Soldier |
| Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Spider |
| Spiderman |
| squirrel |
| Super Hero |
| The Count (Sesame St) |
| The girl from Orphan |
| Thomas Cochrane |
| Thomas the Train |
| Tiger |
| Tiger (orange) |
| Tiger (white) |
| tinier football (too cute) |
| tiny football player w/ |
| Tracksuits with rainbow bug antennas |
| Twister (the board game) |
| U.S. army soldiers |
| Unicorn |
| Vampire |
| Viking |
| Wednesday Adams |
| Wimpy Kid |
| Winter/Frost Witch |
| Witch |
| wolfman |
| Wolverine |
| Yoda |
| Zebra |
| Zombie |
| Zorro |
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