costume trends

[totient]

123 kids so far, with half an hour to go before things usually die down to just the surly teenagers with no costumes. I was expecting the profusion of firefighters, but I confess the number of soldiers took me somewhat by surprise.

Comments

[sylphon.livejournal.com]

supposedly top boy costumes this year are Police Officers, Firefighters & Soldiers

gender roles

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

actually not only the firefighters but also the soldiers have been about an even mix of boys and girls.

[gosling.livejournal.com]

huh. all of them were boys here, but the difference in the degree of kids' adherence to gender roles between our two neighborhoods doesn't surprise me.

[gosling.livejournal.com]

I noticed lots and lots of soldiers here too. It makes me a tad twitchy...