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Whatever happened to homemade Halloween costumes? A ghost (bedsheet) or the best one of all: a towel with an attached shower hose and soap and a sign reading “going to a shower.” That got a laugh out of the male gym teacher watching the school’s costume parade. He was probably the only one who got the joke.

I walk through the big-box store and see the glitzy costumes that all kids want. I see the big ad supplements of costumes.

Some people complain about the commercialization of Christmas, but what about Halloween?

Poor Thanksgiving is left alone. I guess you can’t do much with a turkey.

— Alice Marcus Solovy, Highland Park