I don't know what happened on World Book Day this year at the DGC's schools and there was none of this when I was young. However, there were some school trips, how my mother found the money for me to go to Stratford Theatre etc I don't know (unless it was free, I don't remember).
However, my friend went to Switzerland with school, how I longed to go but it was out of the question.
When the DC were young my heart sank if they came home and said there was fancy dress. Out would come the sewing machine; the boys wanted to be pirates so that was simple enough but the girls were more difficult!