Whether you see Halloween as “just a bit of fun”, a marketing gimmick indicative of US imperialism, or an ancient tradition, or the beginning of a Christian holy festival, there’s no getting around the fact that it’s become a global phenomenon. With that popularity however comes the anxiety of figuring out what to wear.
Unfortunately, you’re not likely to find any real suggestions in the #forhalloween hashtag, sprung into popularity across the South African Twittersphere on Friday. Instead you’ll find the best wit and humour Twitter has to offer.
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Check out some of the highlights:
#ForHalloween I'm going as an old man trapped in a girl's body.
(So, myself.)
— Emma 
#ForHalloween I'm going as a retweet, basically say, what he said and point @ previous trick or treater
— Rob (@GenericZA) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm dressing up as @ProfTimNoakes and giving every trick or treater a cauliflower. Then I'm going to block them on Twitter.
— Jonathan Meyer (@jonathangmeyer) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as a YouTube ad you can't skip.
— Rick-Rack Cadillac (@irCadillac) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as a blue tick. 
— فَاطِمَة (@fatimamanuel_) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm dressing up as a South African who refuses to adopt a marketing gimmick disguised as an American tradition.
— Tom Eaton (@TomEatonSA) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as social media outrage.
— Rob Van Vuuren (@RobVanVuuren) October 30, 2015
#forhalloween I'm going as festival portapotty, day three
— Bunny Runner (@NixOdd) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as a pretentious blogger at a wine estate, raising wine glasses in everyone's faces
— CAPE TOWN HIPSTER (@CapeTownHipster) October 30, 2015
#forhalloween I'm going as an unread email notification that won't disappear even though you marked all as read.
— Kransylvania (@the_krans) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as a DA march against Halloween
— Braddles (@B_radizzle) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as my second failed password attempt on internet banking portals.
— frostbite (@Nick_Frost) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as my typos.
— EllaGSF (@JamiEllaG) October 30, 2015
#forhalloween I'm going as I have a boyfriend at stellies
— t(r)ash (@bangerzandtash) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as white privilege
— Samir Daniels (@samirdaniels) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as the basic skin on Winamp.
— Garth Manthe (@iapperture) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as that feeling you get when you realize you're in the wrong queue at Home Affairs
— Lauren (@GlossaryLauren) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as my incorrectly spelled name even though my name is in my email address.
— Rick-Rack Cadillac (@irCadillac) October 30, 2015
#ForHalloween I'm going as 30 missed calls from your mom.
— Craig Roxburgh (@CraigRoxy) October 30, 2015
