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Anonymous wrote:My kid just started pre-school this year so I’m new to this world. We got a note that due to Halloween being scary for some kids and against some families’ beliefs, Halloween is not celebrated and no costumes allowed. They are having an all day pajama party instead. Is this typical? This is a private preschool with no religious affiliation.

It’s more common in the Bible Belt, but yes, I’ve heard of this. And a friend’s DS is in a Jewish preschool that only dresses up at Purim. The kids will be excited by the pj party if you act excited.

The kids will be excited by the PJ party no matter what. My kid LOVED the days she could wear pajamas to school.

Anonymous wrote:I find this sad. Are preschoolers really dressing up in scary costumes? At our school all the boys are Spider-Man or Firefighters and the girls are butterflies or princesses!

Seriously. DD goes to a school that has kids ranging in age from newborns to kindergarteners, so I've seen the gamut of their costumes at their Halloween parade. Tons of superheroes, princesses, various Disney characters, animals, etc., but I can't recall seeing anything gory. DD is 2 and will be Winnie the Pooh this year. They have a little parade around the outside of the school (or in the gym if the weather is bad). Then they get a Halloween cookie in their classrooms. Really pretty innocuous.