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When thinking about past Halloween's, I recall one Halloween in particular from my childhood. I remember that my sister was dressed as a non-specific country girl, like Snow White when she was with the Dwarfs. She had a red checked apron, and a plastic face mask.
I was dressed in a suit, and also wore a face mask. I can remember standing in the driveway with my sister, waving our hands in the air, while my father took still pictures and made home movies using the film-based movie camera we had at the time.
Remembering the house we lived in at the time, I put my age at six or seven years old, making the year 1979-1980.
But what makes this the Costume of Ultimate Embarrassment? Well, at the time, nothing. I seem to remember knowing that I was dressed as a man, but I think that was all I knew my costume was. Until a few years ago.
We were sitting in my parents’ house, looking through old photo albums. And then I saw it. The old-fashioned, rounded-corner picture taken that Halloween when I was six or seven was staring back at me. In the picture, I am standing next to my sister in the driveway. With both hands, I am making the shape of a V—the peace sign. Who was the mask on my face? The face of Richard Nixon!
Not only had my parents dressed me in a Richard Nixon costume, they’d done it years after Nixon had been impeached and ousted from office. I can only imagine the hilarity I caused in the neighborhood that Halloween night. A six-year-old Canadian girl dressed as a former, impeached President of the United States.
In all honesty, for all I know, I might have thrown a tantrum in the costume shop insisting that my mom buy the "man mask" for me. But I think I prefer blaming it all on my parents.
Jean Rennick is a mom of two that enjoys dressing up for Halloween. She will not be dressing up as Richard Nixon this year. For more info on costumes and Halloween party planning, head over to Halloween.GetCelebrating.com |
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