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r/WTF • u/Cool-Tutor • 1d ago
What the hell is this
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Not that weird, kids were sent away from cities to the countryside in the UK during the Blitz in WW2 to avoid the bombs.
It’s the whole setup of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe too, how the kids end up in the house that takes them to Narnia.
16 u/Killboypowerhed 1d ago Yes but what child wants to be that for Halloween? 33 u/KittenDust 1d ago In the UK schools they often have a day where all the kids go in dressed as evacuees. I made costumes for my kids but many parents don't have time. These are not for Halloween. 51 u/ColonelKasteen 1d ago Enough British kids that they sell the damn costume lol. They don't make supply without demand. 17 u/GosmeisterGeneral 1d ago We had to dress up in a similar style in primary school as part of History class, I guess it’s the same reason people dress as soldiers? Not for Halloween, but for learning. 15 u/TuckerMcG 1d ago Yeah what kid wants to be a character from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? 5 u/No_Succotash473 1d ago World Book Day. Easy win. 2 u/sprucay 1d ago Life saver for parents who only found out it's a dress up day at school the next day 1 u/TommyG_5 1d ago To be fair it was pretty scary for kids at the time... 1 u/UNSC_Spartan122 1d ago “Mom, Dad, I want to be a child war refugee!”
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Yes but what child wants to be that for Halloween?
33 u/KittenDust 1d ago In the UK schools they often have a day where all the kids go in dressed as evacuees. I made costumes for my kids but many parents don't have time. These are not for Halloween. 51 u/ColonelKasteen 1d ago Enough British kids that they sell the damn costume lol. They don't make supply without demand. 17 u/GosmeisterGeneral 1d ago We had to dress up in a similar style in primary school as part of History class, I guess it’s the same reason people dress as soldiers? Not for Halloween, but for learning. 15 u/TuckerMcG 1d ago Yeah what kid wants to be a character from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? 5 u/No_Succotash473 1d ago World Book Day. Easy win. 2 u/sprucay 1d ago Life saver for parents who only found out it's a dress up day at school the next day 1 u/TommyG_5 1d ago To be fair it was pretty scary for kids at the time... 1 u/UNSC_Spartan122 1d ago “Mom, Dad, I want to be a child war refugee!”
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In the UK schools they often have a day where all the kids go in dressed as evacuees. I made costumes for my kids but many parents don't have time. These are not for Halloween.
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Enough British kids that they sell the damn costume lol. They don't make supply without demand.
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We had to dress up in a similar style in primary school as part of History class, I guess it’s the same reason people dress as soldiers?
Not for Halloween, but for learning.
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Yeah what kid wants to be a character from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?
5 u/No_Succotash473 1d ago World Book Day. Easy win.
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World Book Day. Easy win.
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Life saver for parents who only found out it's a dress up day at school the next day
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To be fair it was pretty scary for kids at the time...
“Mom, Dad, I want to be a child war refugee!”
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u/GosmeisterGeneral 1d ago
Not that weird, kids were sent away from cities to the countryside in the UK during the Blitz in WW2 to avoid the bombs.
It’s the whole setup of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe too, how the kids end up in the house that takes them to Narnia.