Halloween is just around the corner and I have to say that I have no idea what to expect. It seems as if every year this ‘holiday’ manages to disappoint me. Last year we had a ton of candy and we decorated our house with the requisite Halloweenie stuff and what happened? We got a total of maybe 6 kids. 6 KIDS. I live in the friggin’ ‘burbs in Loudoun County and all we could manage was 6 kids?!

Fine. More candy for me.

Earlier this month we received a catalog in the mail for costumes. It was pretty much the same stuff you see all over the place until we got to the pre-teen and teen section. I wasn’t prepared to look at some of the stuff that they were hawking for young girls. Unfortunately, we threw it away before I could take some scans of the costumes. There isn’t a shortage of sites that sell these costumes, though. I’ll take a trip to one of those Halloween shops in the mall or through Spencer’s in order to get some photos.

Am I being too much of a prude? Here are examples of the types of costumes marketed to young girls:

Some of these models look considerably older than being a teen. Heck, some of them look like porn stars. When looking online for other examples I found an entire category called ‘Sexy Teen Costumes’ at Zoogster Costumes.

I know that being a teen means coming to grips with your sexuality. However, what happened to the naive innocence of dressing up as a scarecrow or a ghost?! Why do kids have to grow up so fast? For instance, I saw a pimp costume for a child aged 8-10. I can see older teens dressing more provocatively as they creep into adulthood but the notion of pre-teens dressed in garb with mature themes seems a little much. I saw an advert containing a girl no older than 8 wearing fishnet stockings. And that advert wasn’t even for a costume.

I blame the internets.

Great. The girls are dressing sexier and the boys…well…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1taC3JjIOkM&fmt=18[/youtube]
My favorite part:

Anna Stephenson: Now we have Christian!
Christian (effeminately): Blah!