Halloween is the best holiday celebrated in college, ranking slightly ahead of St. Patrick’s Day in terms of overall greatness. Although March 17 has more drunkenness than October 31, Halloween has hot ladies dressed in next to nothing, and that will forever trump Irish women in Aran knit sweaters.

As we all know, All Hallow’s Eve is the annual holiday based on the Celtic tradition of vulnerable children taking candy from strangers. As we grow up, however, we tend to focus more on the sweet eye-candy involved in the festival rather than the Reese’s or Snickers. The only things currently keeping the spirit of the holiday alive is the creative costumes people wear.

The costume is easily the most important aspect to having a great Halloween. It can make or break your night. In fact, if you do not have a costume by now, you better get off your lazy ass and think of something good. Halloween is the one holiday where originality counts. You will need to wear something that no one else in your extended group of friends is wearing.

There are a bunch of costume types that people wear on this special day. College students normally opt to skip the scary costumes in exchange for something more humorous or adult-like.

Funny costumes are a tricky bunch because it takes a truly dedicated person to pull it off. The person has to be completely into his or her role the entire night. No half-assing is allowed. If you are going to be a pirate, you better be bellowing for booty until the minute you pass out.

The group theme is always hit or miss. It can be fantastic when a group of four or more work together creating a total team effort. However, if one person gets separated from the group, the whole costume loses its meaning.

This leads us to the most important costume type: skanky. It is always great watching a group of chicas freeze their cute butts off walking from house to house for trick-or-shot. They must be pretty brave to go out in the freezing cold wearing next to nothing. Big ups.

Unfortunately, the current forecast calls for 41 degrees on Monday night. I will not be a happy camper if that means that you ladies do not dress up in the standard Halloween attire of very little.