2025 Halloween Ball: A Vintage Hallowe'en
Saturday, October 25
Thank you to all who came to Salem to celebrate A Vintage Hallowe'en with us at the Hawthorne Hotel. We took the opportunity to pay homage to the hotel’s 100th anniversary and Halloween 2025 with an unforgettable evening of eerie elegance and vintage oddity. And it did not disappoint!
Costumes were simply amazing. From handcrafted paper mache pumpkin heads and vintage clowns, to butterflies and flappers. With Nakatomi Plaza (yep!), ocean sirens and the cat from the 1920 Halloween decor Bogie Book, the creativity was epic.
Guests enjoyed appetizers popular in the 1920s including baked ham, shrimp cocktail, ambrosia salad, and Jello (the #1 dessert in America!) and danced to American Midnight in the Ballroom and DJs in Nathaniel's and the Library. They enjoyed masks created by students at RAW Art Works in Lynn, MA, kitschy decor from Audi Souza Arts (those rats!) and souvenir t-shirts designed by a Halloween team member.
We did choose a few of our favorites and awarded these guests with cash prizes:
Countdown to the 2026 Ball
2025 Costume Contest Winners
1st Place
Vintage Halloween was represented with these creative, handmade costumes of a pumpkin and cat. The pumpkin even wore our 2024 ball t-shirt!
2nd Place
Who can take "Die Hard" and turn it into a Halloween costume? These two can.
3rd Place
This Tinkerbell and Captain Hook were impressive, complete with a paper mache alligator that breathed. The details need to be admired in person.
Staff Choice
Vintage lamps were elegant and fun and did the North Shore proud!
** Photos of guests who posed in front of our themed backdrop can be downloaded here:
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