Samhain…er Halloween. How Much We Spend.

Fun stuff from The Atlantic.com on how much Americans spend on Halloween!

"Kicking off the end of year spending season is Halloween. Just how much do Americans spend on trick-or-treating and other Halloween festivities? The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasts total Halloween spending—including candy, costumes, and decorations—to come in at $7.4 billion this year."  

Here the articles breakdown of that 7.4 billion spent on Samhain er…. Halloween based on the graph they provided.  I've included for comparison how this breakdown to other country's GDP in Green.

Halloween Total Spending-$7.4 Billion {Just under the GDP of Haiti}. 

Candy-30% or $2 Billion  {Equivalent to the GDP of the Central African Republic}.

Costumes 38% or 0r $2.8 Billion {Roughly Equivalent to the GDP of Guyana}.

Cards and Decorations 32% or $2.6 {Slightly below the GDP of Eritrea}.

Link: The Atlantic.com: Wait Americans Spend How Much on Halloween?


Happy Samhain….er….Halloween to all the Little Ghosts, Goblins and Elsas tonight on Ashland Avenue!

{And if you don't know who Elsa is then you've either not seen "Frozen" or you don't have kids, grandkids, a soul or a spouse who is a teacher!  Finally Jimmy Kimmel at this link tells you how you handle all those Elsa costumes when they show up tonight at your house.}


Next post here Tuesday as I will be out the first of the week.