I never did since I never had kids but I have a cousin whose husband thought up costumes every year for the annual Parade of the Hills that was held in their town in August. Their oldest son joined his dad when he was small and continued on into adulthood.
Sadly, that 39 year tradition ended unexpectedly when the son died unexpectedly in July. Dad just couldn't handle doing it without him even though he had before he ever had the children.
One of them that I enjoyed seeing photos of was the year they went as dog catchers. A stray dog ended up on their property and hung around... having a littler of puppies in July. They never found the dog's owner so they kept it and that year they used the parade to find homes for the puppies.
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