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As a child, I loved having my birthday on Halloween. I mean, who wouldn't love everyone dressing up and all that candy. At home there was even more excitement: my mom would transform our front entry for the trick-or-treaters, and my dad would dress up to hand out the candy. One of my favourites was when my dad was a lion (picture wizard of oz type) and my mom turned the entry into a jungle. Yep, birthdays of my youth were wonderful.  As an adult, however, I was always glad to work at a school that didn't focus on Halloween. I'm not one of those people that love dressing up. You've got to own it to really carry it off, and I never really wanted to own it. However, Halloween is a pretty big deal at my new school, and as an elementary teacher, I kinda had to dress up. Also, as a neewbie, I didn't want to come off as lame. So here's Miss Universe. Thanks to Erin who Express Posted the sash. "What I'd like most is world peace, and helping old people...on boats."