This week my favorite Salt Lake Tribune columnist, Robert
Kirby, sounded off about Halloween. He reminisced about the premade
costume-in-a-bag horrors they used to sell in supermarkets. Each bag had a
large photo in front of a happy costumed child. Inside was a costume that in no
way resembled the photo; a gunny sack with arms and legs that tied at the back
of your neck. The gunny sack usually had a cartoon character printed on the
front which matched a plastic mask also included in the bag. You could be
Superman, Casper the Friendly Ghost, or Huckleberry Hound; as long as you didn’t
care much for seeing or breathing. The holes in the mask were never in the
right place for either activity. Kirby closed with a sentiment I heartily
endorse: “Halloween is basically a holiday for the young and the young at
heart. Consequently, I already know what I’m being Halloween night. Gone.”
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