I have a confession to make. As much as I love Christmas – and I Excellent I love Christmas, with its cozy decorations, good songs, and lots of cookies – and I still long for another Christmas. A dark and mysterious stranger who stays for a month in the fall and then quickly leaves on November 1st. Yes, your girl is always sad to see ghost season come and go. So when I saw this adorable idea on how to combine two of my favorite holidays, I was filled with double holiday cheer…like double holiday cheer.
TikTok creator Maddy (@maddycarol11) recently made a video about starting a new holiday tradition: buying Christmas tree ornaments based on her daughter’s Halloween costume that year.
“The first year my daughter was born, she was Bob Ross,” she explained, holding up the ornament and then showing a photo of the corresponding Halloween costume. “The next year she was Ariel. Last year she was Wednesday Addams, [and] This year was the first time she had a little sister, her sister was Zero and she was Skeleton Jack.
I am extremely The holiday fusion was here, as were Maddie’s followers and commenters. In addition to the desire to start doing it themselves, others have attested to the joy this tradition can bring.
“I grew up in ballet and every year my mom would receive a Christmas decoration that represented my performance or role!” one person wrote.
“I’m 49 and every year my parents buy me an ornament that represents whatever I like or a significant event that happened, like Cabbage Patch Kid, or when I got my braces or my driver’s license,” another Bit said.
So, obviously, the core of the idea can extend beyond Halloween, but for those of us who want to keep the spooky season alive for as long as possible, the costume angle is kind of genius.
Of course this idea may encounter some problems. What would you do if your child was wearing esoteric clothing? (For example, this year my daughter is a drag queen of their own design called “Dr. Evil.”) One commenter suggested hiring a local artist to create one. “They’ll be happy to do it!”
What if your child does the same thing over and over again? “Mine would be Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man, and Spider-Man,” lamented one commenter. Maddie suggests that Spider-Man (Spider-Man? Spider-Man? Spider-Man?) express this in different poses.
But, overall, do your best: that’s the most important idea. Of course, don’t forget to write the year at the bottom!
