--- title: Halloween: Dad Posts Facebook Photo of Son's Elsa Costume description: A young boy wants to be princess Elsa for Halloween canonical: https://time.com/4065199/dad-son-elsa-halloween-costume/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-07T19:36:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:00.014Z og:title: See How This Dad Responded to His Son's Princess Elsa Costume og:description: "Why shame him for wanting to be a princess?" og:url: https://time.com/4065199/dad-son-elsa-halloween-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See How This Dad Responded to His Son's Princess Elsa Costume twitter:description: "Why shame him for wanting to be a princess?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Dad Is Totally On Board With His Son Dressing Up as Princess Elsa for Halloween > Sponsored content. 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Disney’s ‘Frozen’ has made box office history, grossing $1.072 billion. That means the smash hit is the top-grossing animated film of all time, beating out ‘Toy Story 3.’_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 7, 2015 7:36 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 7, 2015 7:36 PM UTC _Frozen_ may have come out two years ago, but kids just can’t let it go, and many of them will inevitably want to dress up as the protagonist, Elsa. That includes a young boy named Caiden, who told his dad, Paul Henson, about his plan. Henson was totally on board and posted his response on Facebook, where it has been shared several thousand times: “Keep your masculine bulls–t and slutty kids costumes,” Henson wrote. “Halloween is about children pretending to be their favorite characters. Just so happens, this week his is a princess.” Henson also noted that Caiden wants him to join in on the fun and go as Elsa’s sister, Anna, and he’s on board with that too. “It’s important for children to know that their parents will stand by them no matter what,” Henson [told ](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-kids-mom-and-dad-win-parents-of-the-year-for-his-halloween-costume%5F56147b3ee4b0cf9984d79fb5)the _Huffington Post_. “Why shame him for wanting to be a princess?” Henson continued. “When little girls want to be superheroes, it’s cute. Why isn’t it the same for a little boy that wants to be a princess?” ## Transcript Let it go? More like grab hold. Frozen has made box office history. Disney's Oscar- winning movie now boasts a global box office revenue of 1. 072 billion, freezing out its fellow Disney buddy, Toy Story 3. That flick hit theaters in 2010 and held the record with a global box office of 1. 063 billion. This record for Frozen is just the tip of the iceberg. It also earned a spot at number ten on the list of biggest global blockbusters of all time. Oh, and its digital release is the fastest selling ever, with 3. 2 million DVD and Blu- ray copies sold on the first day, and its success ventures outside the walls of the US into most major countries. It's number one in Japan, and at $ 77 million it's one of the biggest movies to hit in Korea in the last five years. The soundtrack is also making just as much history going platinum and returning to the number one spot on the Billboard charts last week for a seventh time. Thanks for watching. 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