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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
And businesses are hoping for good profits from Halloween purchases. The National Retail Federation (N.R.F.)
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
is the largest U.S. trade group representing sellers of material goods.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
It expects total Halloween spending in 2024 to reach about $11.6 billion.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
That sounds like a healthy amount, but it would be a drop from the year before. The N.R.F.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
says total Halloween spending in 2023 was a record-setting $12.2 billion.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
So, you might wonder: What are Americans buying for Halloween and how do they celebrate the holiday?
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Halloween traditions in America are linked to Celtic beliefs in ancient Britain.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
The Celts believed that spirits of the dead would return to their homes on October 31, the day of the autumn feast.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Celts would build huge fires to frighten away any evil spirits that might return.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
People from Scotland and Ireland brought these ideas with them when they came to America.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Some believed that spirits played tricks on people on the last night of October.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
In modern America, the holiday mostly belongs to children. After dark, children wear special clothing, called costumes.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
They often appear as frightening creatures like vampires, ghosts and witches. The children walk around their neighborhoods, knocking on doors of homes.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
When someone answers a door, the children yell “trick or treat.”
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
If the people in the homes do not give them a sweet treat, the children may play a trick on them.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Some of the purchases people make for Halloween include candy and costumes. This year, the N.R.F.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
expects the superhero character Spider-Man to be the most popular children’s costume.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Children are not the only Americans in costumes on Halloween, however.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Adults also dress up in costumes and attend Halloween parties, parades and other events.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
These celebrations often include costume competitions, with prizes for the most frightening, inventive or humorous costumes.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Overall, the N.R.F. reports, total spending on costumes for Halloween 2024 is expected to reach a total of $3.8 billion.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
It says buyers will spend $3.5 billion on Halloween candy. Americans also enjoy decorating their homes for Halloween.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
People hang fake skeletons, witches, spiders and other scary things around their doors and from trees and bushes.
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
They also cut scary faces into pumpkins and light them to create a strange glow
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Halloween in America: Costumes, Candy, Costs for Night of Fright
Some people do a little decorating, others do a lot, and still others do none at all. But, the N.R.F.
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