Costume Count (damn it, 2020)
Well, it's not a thousand costumes this year.
In many places, trick or treating was cancelled. This seems prudent.
Garret Rempel got my hopes up with "Costume Count 2020!" as the subject of his email.
The exclamation point got me. Whimsical Canadians.
This was his email:
Costume Count by Type
(nothing) 0
That is all.
You read that right. 80 kph winds, below freezing, plus COVID. There was only one other house with lights on for my entire block and there was not a single kid to be seen. My kids stayed home, ate candy, and watched movies.
Social distancing like a BOSS.
I feel like our better northern half should appropriate that and turn it into a slogan: "Canada: social distancing Like a BOSS."
Moving on.
There were only two submissions this year (along with quite a few "no costumes this year" emails):
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Fate, Texas (which is about half an hour northeast of Dallas)
58 costumes in total (in alphabetical order)
Alice in Wonderland
Among Us characters
Anime Girl
Assassin's Creed character (Ezio)
Baby Tiger
Bumblebee Transformer
Captain America
Cat
Caterpillar
Clown
Cow
Creepy green mask
Day of the Dead
Dinosaur
Dorothy
Draculas Daughter
Dragon
Fireman
Football Player
Fortnite Character
Fox
Frankenstein
Garbage Truck
Grim Reaper (2)
Halo Master Chief
Harley Quinn
Hazmat suit
Jasmine (2)
Mandalorian
Micheal
Mushroom
Nerd
Ninja (3)
Panda
Police Officer
Popeye (Sweet Pea's dad)
Princess
Pterodactyl skeleton
Rooster
Scarecrow (2)
Skeleton
Sock Hop Girls
Spiderman (4)
Sumo Wrestler
Sweet Pea
Tin Man
Unicorn (2)
Vampire
Wizard
Costume of the year must be the garbage truck:
The kid had a safety vest and hat on, with a large cardboard garbage truck around him. What made it awesome was that when he got candy, he put it in a receptacle in front of him. He pushed a button, and just like a real garbage truck, it lifted the candy in a basket up and over his head and dumped it into the back part of the truck behind him
That's next level.
Next year will be back to normal, I hope. Stay safe, everybody.
<< Home