What's your Halloween plan for your kilt?

[Father Bill]

I can see what you are trying to do Bill and education of children is never a bad thing. But, I do wonder if wearing the kilt on this particular time of year in front of children may be counter productive? Halloween, as far as I understand it anyway(we don't really do Halloween over here), is these days mainly a costume event and I do have concerns that the children will equate the kilt with costume, not something we ought to encourage in my view. Depending on the age of the children, visual learning will trump verbal learning every time. Just thinking aloud, nothing more.

I'm sensitive to that Jock, thus my first thoughts on the matter, but as noted, in this neck of the woods much of the "dress-up" is representative of something admired or recognized for its value.

Examples are youngsters dressing up in fairly accurate representations of a nurse or doctor because they respect those, or an similarly accurate representation of a barrister in the proper robes. The costumy stuff on the other hand, is wild, imaginative, clearly unrealistic, and inevitably accompanied by masks or fantastical make-up which of course, doesn't come with the more accurate portrayals.

I've seen white lab coats worn with a dog on leash by children of veterinarians, and yes, priestly robes worn with deep respect by children of religious families. Often the appearance is aspirational or reminiscent.

As noted, the difference is recognizeable immediately. Thus, I would be recognized by almost all as a "classical" Scot in understated kit. No pipes, no cromach, probably no bonnet, just plain and quiet Scottish kit.

And no white hose either!