What is it about dressing up in a costume that is so much fun? When I was a little girl, I loved playing dress-up and becoming a princess or a pirate for a day, and even now that I am a (very mature) twenty-**cough**-year-old, I still love creating and wearing costumes! One of the great things about fall and the holiday season is there are often a multitude of opportunities to play dress-up. Of course there’s Halloween, which gives people a chance to use their wildest imagination to come up with the coolest, most outlandish, funniest costume. But for me, I love holiday dress-up parties where the host gives you a theme from which to choose a costume. Last week I went to a fabulous Christmas party where we were instructed to dress as “something to do with Christmas.” This of course left the door wide open for creativity and imagination, and I was delighted to see the turn-out of elves, Santa’s, reindeer, fairies, angels, and even a Christmas pudding! My best guy-friend and I decided (independently) to come as Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, complete with red noses, antlers, and little bob tails! Ever since I played Prancer (or was it Dancer?) in the school Christmas play when I was 9, I’ve always wanted another opportunity to don a reindeer costume, and last week I got my chance! I had so much fun creating my costume (not buying it from a store, thank you very much!), and the party itself was icing on the (Christmas) cake! There truly is something magical about dressing up, even when you’re a stuffy old(ish) adult with a grown-up job. Now, if only there were a way to have a dress-up party for New Year’s without everyone being subjected to dressing up as the New Year’s baby…..
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- The two Rudolph’s of the party!
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- Santa’s, elves, Christmas pudding, and two reindeer!
