Halloween, or 'All Hallows Eve'

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    "The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.^[5] Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556."
    Yeah.

    So, it turns out that Halloween is this pretty big deal for all us who work in the costume shop. Go figure, right? They had this costume party on Friday, after the improv show, which was awesome, and then last night we watched silly Halloween kinds of movies while people carved pumpkins. It was a good weekend.
    While I was back home over break I went looking for costumes and actually managed to find one *gasp!*. It was this black lace-over-satin "mermaid"-style evening gown that I found for fifteen dollars at a clearance sale. I had to take it in, but once I did it worked really well.
    And here are pictures of me in the dress as a zombie.