What does $12.2 billion spending on Halloween says about our economy?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a sign of good economy or low financial IQ that we are spending $12.2+ on Halloween and $700 million goes on pet costumes?

It’s a good sign! We’re feeling good and ready to have fun! Let the good times roll!

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The year is 2025. Can decorators do away with those huge inflatables?!!!

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The inflatables seem to get tackier each year. Have even seen Thanksgiving ones in some yards

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Anonymous wrote:People spend on the little treats they can afford since home ownership and other middle class milestones are unfathomable.

This. Everything is terrible, so why shouldn't I dress my dog in a bear costume?

Honestly the Fed should get us all therapy and a GLP-1 prescription, that would fix the spending spree.

This made me smile. You should absolutely dress your dog in a bear costume.

It’s just all the home and lawn decorations that I think are over the top. It’s cheap plastic that will degrade, but not disappear sometime in the next 30 years. I try to limit the new plastic that I buy. My fake Christmas trees have anyways been used, etc. I hate the idea that my trash will still be in a landfill 200 years from now.

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Anonymous wrote:People spend on the little treats they can afford since home ownership and other middle class milestones are unfathomable.

This. Everything is terrible, so why shouldn't I dress my dog in a bear costume?

Honestly the Fed should get us all therapy and a GLP-1 prescription, that would fix the spending spree.

This made me smile. You should absolutely dress your dog in a bear costume.

It’s just all the home and lawn decorations that I think are over the top. It’s cheap plastic that will degrade, but not disappear sometime in the next 30 years. I try to limit the new plastic that I buy. My fake Christmas trees have anyways been used, etc. I hate the idea that my trash will still be in a landfill 200 years from now.

And post thousands of photos on social media? Or not. ALL those photos are also "trash"

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a sign of good economy or low financial IQ that we are spending $12.2+ on Halloween and $700 million goes on pet costumes?

It shows why we are so fat.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a sign of good economy or low financial IQ that we are spending $12.2+ on Halloween and $700 million goes on pet costumes?

Non denominational tradition.

Unless Dia de Muerto is trying to cancel it.

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I am all for people enjoying and decorating. But as for the money spent, I suspect many people are living on credit.

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Anonymous wrote:The inflatable things are tacky too.

of course they are, but that is the point, they are goofy, tacky, fun and the little kids love them.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a sign of good economy or low financial IQ that we are spending $12.2+ on Halloween and $700 million goes on pet costumes?

Under $35 a person. Shows that people are willing to splurge a little but are apprehensive about the economy.

Also shows that for some pets are their children.

To answer your main question. Shows a fair economy. But if spending is over the top a low financial IQ.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a sign of good economy or low financial IQ that we are spending $12.2+ on Halloween and $700 million goes on pet costumes?

Americans are idiots.

Yup.Idiots like my MIL who buys my 16 year old Halloween socks and pencils and buys a Halloween themed bag to put them in. I’d rather she have put all the money that she spends on useless junk like that into a college fund. We’d have at least a semester tuition paid for that way.

Halloween socks are awesome. 55 yo man here.

One of my favorite memories from college was going to my mailbox around each holiday and getting a card from my favorite great aunt. In it was always a pair of holiday socks and $10 to buy vegetables. I loved those! You people on DCUM need to lighten up and have fun!

We moved out of DC over the summer. Halloween was awesome here. Kids everywhere. People dressed up, a full on haunted house in a neighbor's driveway. It was a ton of fun.

+1 Celebrating brings joy. We buy candy for trick or treaters and new costumes for the kids if they want them. We reuse Halloween decorations, but I don't judge people who buy new stuff.

It's nearly impossible to add up each family's life to accurately compare who's harming the environment and society more. Plus I don't want to live like some angry activist, hating people in my community for having mainstream fun.