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...children's romp, before the scares of chocolate-covered razor blades. Long, long before that, it was a religious occasion for their pagan elders, and now it has been taken back by the grownups-masks, costumes, witches, jack-o'-lanterns and all. Increasingly in the '80s, Halloween has become an escapist extravaganza for adults, a trickless treat that more closely resembles Mardi Gras than the candy-and-apple surfeits of yesteryear. This year's celebration will be the most raucous ever, lasting four or five days in some places, a virtual Halloweek...
...Hitler in a vintage Mercedes-Benz. A Chicago couple undresses as Adam and Eve, with only a serpent between them. This category does not find favor with the purveyors of costumes and materials, many of whom, like the Atlanta Costume Shop, now do 25% of their annual business at Halloween. Says Chicago Costume Co. Owner Mary Hickey: "In each of the past two years business has been up 25% over the preceding year...
Winthrop and Eliot are both organizing Halloween parties at Cambridge elementary schools on Monday...
...weekend will be a great one for the party goer. The Freshmen Council kicked off the party weekend with its Halloween dance last night. All House will be having some sort of Halloween celebration Lowell House is expecting up to 800 people to its costume party, which house committee Chairman Judith S. Kessler '84 said "traditionally has been the largest Halloween party on campus...
Dunster House will continue its tradition of "trick or drink" on Monday night. Each entry prepares an alcohol-based concoction and offers it to the treaters from others entryways, a Dunster senior explained "Everyone has their favorite entryway so you keep going back." She added, "and your Halloween gets off to a roaring start...