Every Kid Is Cuter As a Pumpkin
Not-so-awkward family photos of our writers and others celebrating Halloween.
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Pearl and the Pumpkin
Dana Stevens as a spider lady with her daughter Pearl, dressed as a bee.
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Rarr!
Dahlia Lithwick's 4-year-old Sopher after raiding the costume bin at a friend's house. “My kids are in costume 99 percent of the year," she says, "so for Halloween we make them go out as normal people.”
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Twins
Holly Allen's sons dressed as reindeer last year. (They were actually pumpkins for Halloween; this round of dress-up was for the Christmas card.)
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The Munsters
A mother and son dressed as vampires. Photograph of vampires by Flickr user PhilyFn.
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Huckleberry Hounds
A mother and son prepare to go trick-or-treating in 1964. Photograph of mother and son in costume by Flickr user Robert Couse-Baker.
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Catmommy
A mother in a Catwoman costume juggles her parenting duties and Halloween frivolity. Photograph of Catwoman by Flickr user syronicca.
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Mama Bear and Cub
Who says costumes are only good for trick-or-treating? Photograph of boy and his mother by Flickr user Augie Schwer.
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Wall-E
A family poses for a Halloween portrait. Photograph of family by Flickr user Nabeel H.
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12 of 12 A Family Affair
A family poses in their somewhat unfortunate Halloween costumes in the early 1970s. Photograph of a costumed family by Flickr user ctsnow.
