“An early reference to wearing costumes at Halloween comes from Scotland in 1585, but they may pre-date this. […] By the 1930s costumes based on characters in mass media such as film, literature, and radio were popular.”
[Images are from the UK Mirror, October 2017.]
Tacky Raccoons 
scary
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Homemade costumes are the best.
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My favs
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No. 1 for 1966:
“My father dressed up as a bird for Halloween.”
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