We held our annual Halloween Costume Contest and was also given free lunch courtesy of the Executive Team for keeping with the Halloween spirit!

We’ve tallied the votes and heard back from our eZanga Facebook Fans…and the Winners of our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest are:

Most Original: Brian Samson as  Bob Ross

Funniest: David Gail as Abe the Amish Man

“I can’t believe they showed up to work like that”: Dan Zitofsky as Tourist Man

Most Commited to their overall look: Lisa Quinn, Mike Pfeifer, Lisa Johannsen, and Catrina Sharp as KISS

Costume that matches their overall Personality: Rita Andersch as Jester

Best Overall Costume decided by our eZanga Facebook Fans: KISS

On behalf of the entire eZanga team, we hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween! Trick or Treat!

But have no fear, Halloween fanatics! Social media has embraced the fun and festive holiday as it has so many things, from fashion to sports. We can stop trying to get our friends to care more about Halloween and take to social media to find each other! Here are some ways social media has celebrated Halloween:

• Social media and tech themed Jack-o-lanterns – In the past few years, traditional Jack-o-lanterns have gone out of style. People get more creative with their carving, and some awesome social media-themed pumpkins are the result. Some popular ideas have been the Android logo, the Twitter Fail Whale, and Angry Birds. This year, Mashable is even having a contest for the best social media/tech Jack-o-lantern! The prize is a bunch of Mashable swag, making me wish I had better carving skills.
• “Liking” Halloween costumes on Facebook – For the first year, costume websites such as HalloweenCostumes.com are encouraging customers to “like” costumes on their sites. Doing so can shout to all your Facebook friends “I found this costume first, so no one copy me!” Clicking “Like” for lots of costumes can give your Facebook friends ideas for their own costumes, too. Personally, I wouldn’t share a picture of my costume with anyone before the big night!
• Trending costumes - People are also dressing up as popular social media icons, as well as actual social media platforms! It’s pretty popular to cut a square into a big piece of cardboard and go as your Facebook profile. People also dress up as popular memes and personalities. You can go as “duh-winning” by dressing up as Charlie Sheen, or as a Rickroll. Take a look at these 15 costume ideas inspired by memes and social media.
• Chat with author of Goosebumps - R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series, will be hosting a 2-hour live chat on Scholastic’s Facebook and Twitter accounts on Friday, October 28. He will be offering followers jokes, trivia, and Halloween ideas, as well as answering questions asked by followers.

After a complimentary lunch from the company owners, the staff voted on the best costumes in a variety of categories with winners receiving gift certificates of their choosing.

The two top vote-getters were awarded for best overall costume. The Grand Prize Winner was Tim Vaillancourt who received 27 total votes for his impressive turn as a rodeo clown.

Runner-Up with 26 total votes went to Will Cox who was a very shiny-yet-convincing MC Hammer.

Categorical winners were:

Funniest Costume: Brian Samson as Hunter S. Thompson

Most Original Costume: Greg Thimmes as Caught In A Wind Storm

“I Can’t Believe They Showed Up to Work Like That”: Shane Donnelly as Jimmy Hoppa Hoffa

Most Committed To Their Overall Look: Jessica Brown and Lisa Quinn as Gang Green

Costume That Matches Their Personality: Anthony Giacomini as A Wiener.

Make sure you check the entire Halloween Gallery to see all the staff members’ costumes and congrats to our winners! Happy Halloween!

eZanga.com held their annual Halloween Costume Contest and was also provided free lunch courtesy of the Executive Team for full costume participation and keeping with the Halloween spirit!

The Winners of the 2009 eZanga Halloween Costume Contest are:

Scariest: Jessica Brown, Office Manager as the ‘Grim Reaper’

Funniest: Anthony, Account Manager as ‘Redneck’

Weirdest: Tied between Matt Donahue, Account Manager as ‘Don King’ and Tim Vaillancourt, Account Manager, as ‘Santa’s Helper’

Most Creative: Shane Donnelly, Account Manager as ‘Frank the Tank’ from Old School

‘I Can’t Believe You Wore That to Work’: Tied between Tim Vaillancourt, Account Manager, as ‘Santa’s Helper’ and Derek Pehlman, Account Manager as ‘Elf’

Best Overall Costume: CEO, Rich Kahn and Director of Sales, Dan Zitofsky for ‘Harry and Lloyd’ from Dumb & Dumber

Check out all the costumes on our social network, HopOnThis.com in Jimmy Hoppa’s photo gallery. Also, visit our homepage to see Jimmy all dressed up!

eZanga.com would like to wish everyone a fun-filled and safe, Happy Halloween!