Holmes students readying costumes for Halloween

As Holmes Junior High students wrap up their last week of school before their three-and-a-half-day weekend, many are getting into the Halloween spirit and sharing their costume plans for this year.

Bristol Miller and Tiffany Johnson are dressing up as a duo — Miller as a ladybug and Johnson as a bumblebee.

Miller said she still believes trick-or-treating is relevant for her age.

“I don’t think you need to limit yourself to fun things because societal norms tell you to,” Miller said.

Elisabeth Overmann and her friend Taylor Newman are also planning to go trick-or-treating this year, dressed as vampires.

“I still think that trick-or-treating is relevant for people my age because of free candy,” Overmann said.

For Gavin Timm, this Halloween might be his last time going door to door.

“Trick-or-treating is always something that I would do as a little kid,” Timm said. “Now that I’m getting older, I want to be able to hand out candy to kids and see how happy they are.”

Timm said he thinks around age 15 is when people should stop trick-or-treating.

Eshal Saeed plans to trick-or-treat this year with close family.

“I like to keep Halloween close to home,” Saeed said.

She added that coordinating costumes with someone else can sometimes be more stressful than fun.

“If you’re going trick-or-treating with someone else and their costume doesn’t come in time, it becomes stressful,” Saeed said. “If I pick out my own Halloween costume, I can be warm.”

For Saeed, the weather also plays a big role in her costume choice.

“Next year I have to see what the weather is like,” she said. “Last year it was really cold, and I had to wear a hoodie over my costume, so my outfit kinda got messed up.”

This year, Halloween temperatures are expected to be in the mid-30s to high-40s. Last year, temperatures hovered around the 40s, with wind making it feel much cooler than normal.