| I think it goes without saying that for quite a few years | | | | as he went about his grisly business, killing as many |
| now one of the top accessories for a Halloween | | | | people as he could lay his hands on. |
| costume has been the Michael Myers Mask. This year | | | | So you can see, playing the central character in a |
| though, following the death of probably the most | | | | really scary movie with the name of the film being the |
| famous man on the planet, could the Michael Jackson | | | | very event being celebrated had to put his character in |
| Mask take top spot? | | | | a prime position for a favorite Halloween fancy dress |
| Halloween originated back in the days of the ancient | | | | costume. |
| Celtic races of Ireland, Scotland and Wales when on | | | | But what of Michael Jackson, well apart from being |
| the 31st October the boundaries between living and | | | | one of the most famous celebrities ever he also |
| dead were thought to dissolve giving the dead and | | | | produced 'Thriller' the biggest selling album of all time |
| gone the opportunity to create havoc for the living by | | | | and for which the supporting video is all about the living |
| making them ill or ruining their crops. In order to prevent | | | | dead, zombies and ghouls, the very essence of |
| the dead from doing this the ancient Celts used to | | | | Halloween. On You Tube alone, the video for Thriller |
| dress up in scary costumes that were supposed to | | | | has been viewed at the time of writing over 69 million |
| imitate the dead in order to placate them, so there you | | | | times. This is just one of the many achievements of |
| have it, the origins of the very first scary Halloween | | | | Michael Jackson the legendary King of Pop. |
| costume. | | | | Seems pretty fitting to me then that on the 31st |
| In more recent years however Halloween costumes | | | | October this year that there will probably be more |
| have taken on the form of representing movie | | | | Michael Jackson's running around than any other |
| characters, TV personalities and famous celebrities. | | | | costumed film character or celebrity, he sort of has a |
| Michael Myers played the central character in the film | | | | tradition to keep up. A little ironic that his return to |
| Halloween which was made way back in 1978 and | | | | popularity is due to a large extent on his passing and |
| was the slasher serial killer that murdered his big sister | | | | even more ironic that if you do choose his mask you |
| and wore a horrific mask and blood stained boiler suit | | | | will be doing exactly what the ancient Celts did. |
