Halloween parties
Nov. 1st, 2012 01:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philmophlegmJudging by my facebook homepage this morning, many, many of my facebook friends went to Halloween parties last night.
When did this start?
I don't remember there being Halloween parties when I was at university or in my twenties. I thought of Halloween as something vaguely American and mostly for kids or an opportunity for chavvy teenagers to throw eggs at your window.
All the parties seem to be fancy dress and horror-themed. My impression from American TV is that American Halloween fancy dress is not confined to horror themes. As far as I can tell from facebook though, it's all horror themed - slutty zombies, that sort of thing, often with quite elaborate makeup.
When did this start?
I don't remember there being Halloween parties when I was at university or in my twenties. I thought of Halloween as something vaguely American and mostly for kids or an opportunity for chavvy teenagers to throw eggs at your window.
All the parties seem to be fancy dress and horror-themed. My impression from American TV is that American Halloween fancy dress is not confined to horror themes. As far as I can tell from facebook though, it's all horror themed - slutty zombies, that sort of thing, often with quite elaborate makeup.
