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Article: Sorry, Mom ... when it comes to Halloween costumes, more kids say: Store-bought beats homemade.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- October 21, 1998
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It's as inexplicable as it is inevitable.
The decision by so many kids to wear a store-bought Halloween costume instead of a homemade one follows typical child logic.
It's the same reason why mom's cooking always rates second-best to McDonald's, and why birthday parties at Chuck E. Cheese beat any at-home affair: "Just because."
That - along with the equally popular "I don't know" - was the common response kids gave when pressed to explain the appeal of a Made in China Mulan over a Mulan by Mom.
"They're better," said 8-year-old John Welch of Billerica, who opted for a "Mortal Kombat" black ninja costume from Kmart after nixing a ...