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Halloween Happy Hour Recap | November 15, 2012

By Matt Poulter

The ECC held a kid-lit-themed costume party at 116 Bar on October 25th, and all the best children’s book characters were there: Peter Pan flew in, Fern accepted signatures on Charlotte’s web, the Mad Hatter stopped by for tea, and one man brought his umbrella in light of a weather report calling for a chance of meatballs. Even the Pine Cone from The Penguin and the Pine Cone made an appearance. Check out some more fantastic costume pictures here.

Drinks were drunk, goodie bags were devoured — the candy traded between party-goers in shady, black-market deals — and when it became clear that the Great Pumpkin would not be making an appearance, prizes were awarded! Julie Moody came the closest in guessing how much candy was in a jar, and once it was established that she was neither a witch nor a telepath, she was allowed to take the entire jar home with her, with only the nominal processing fee of one bag of Reese’s Pieces.

Hannah Finne won the costume contest as Mildred Hubble from The Worst Witch. Not only did she have a really, really good costume, but it took the term “homemade” to an entirely new level. Hannah went so far as to dye her shirt orange and paint black stripes down her handcrafted tie, making her the reigning “Queen of Halloween”.

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the holiday with their fellow book nerds.