Most Popular Halloween Costumes 2017
Halloween is just around the corner, and Americans of all ages (and many of their pets) will wear a costume. According to the National Retail Federation’s annual Halloween spending report, more than 179 million Americans are planning to partake in Halloween festivities, up from 171 million last year. Additionally, Americans will spend about $9.1 […]
Americans Invent Some Pretty Creepy Stuff
Americans invent some pretty creepy stuff and, every Halloween, the US Patent and Trademark Office looks through its archives, digging up some of the strangest, scariest and, often unsettling, inventions to come through the agency. Americans celebrate Halloween every Oct. 31. Even though it’s a fun event that’s more about dressing up in costumes and going out […]
Movies Inspire Halloween 2014’s Hottest Costumes
Halloween may have evolved from spooky origins in England, Ireland and Scotland — where the Celts believed the dead could walk among the living during the transition between the seasons — but in America, Halloween is now more about candy and costumes than anything else. Once darkness falls, children dress up and walk from house to […]