When real things happen to imaginary people

The best costume I've seen so far has been a little girl in a homemade Zero (the ghost dog from Nightmare Before Christmas) costume, complete with a tiny light-up Jack-o-lantern on the nose. With her dad standing behind her in a homemade Jack Skellington costume; a giant head made from paper mache, with black gauze in the eye sockets so he could look through them. They looked great. Why yes, she got some extra candy for her efforts.