I think I agree with you, but with me it was probably more simply about "Whee! Strange clothing!" Although I do recall that one of my goals as a youth was to see if I could make myself so others didn't recognize me. So maybe a bit of both? I'd never think of a costume as disguising or obscuring the real me, since it would be my personality generating what I wanted to dress up as.
Very few people celebrate Halloween around here, I think it's seen as a rather too-American thing. You get some kids trick-or-treating, but there's no commotion, not even any aggressive costume-marketing on the TV. I kind of miss it (well, not the marketing so much). :D
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Date: 2003-10-29 03:15 pm (UTC)Very few people celebrate Halloween around here, I think it's seen as a rather too-American thing. You get some kids trick-or-treating, but there's no commotion, not even any aggressive costume-marketing on the TV. I kind of miss it (well, not the marketing so much). :D