Happy Halloween! If you're like most Americans, you've spent a lot of money on decorations, candy, and costumes this year. All told, we'll spend about $7 billion on Halloween, or $75 per person actually participating in the holiday.
We'll spend roughly $2.8 billion on candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters this year. That's actually down a bit from last year; a third of those surveyed by the National Retail Federation said they'd be buying less candy than they did in 2012. The most popular candy this year: Reese's peanut butter cups.
The other sizable expense is for costumes. Americans will spend about $2.5 billion on Halloween costumes this year. That includes about $330 million that we'll spend on costumes for our pets. Boo!
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