Eli McCann: Remembering my first Halloween as a ‘holy drag queen’ with my fellow LDS friend

As “Sound of Music” fans, we naturally dressed a nuns.

(Eli McCann) Nine-year-old Eli McCann, right, and his friend Sam Allen don their Halloween habits.

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By Eli McCann | Special to The Tribune