My Childhood Memories: Halloween

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Halloween has always been my favorite holiday and each year brings new experiences that make me love it even more. My first memory of Halloween is the costume I went out trick or treating with my grandmother, who lived 500 miles away. She made me a homemade costume that I wish I still had today. The costume was supposed to be a butterfly. It was purple with butterfly-like markings on the body, wings and antennas, and it engulfed my small, child-size body the second I put it on. I remember hating that costume, but today I would kill to have it. It was so unique, so one of a kind. The next memory I have, I went as a typical witch after demanding to be one. I remember my parents thinking it was so unoriginal, which it may be, but I wanted to be one so badly. That year I had a black hat, drab robe and outfit along with a broom. I loved that costume. Other years, memories seem kind of faded for me now. I went as a princess, someone from the '80s, wore a series of scary masks, and, when I got older, I found my true passion, creating my own costumes. Every year for Halloween I would...

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