Today, Forgotten Hits’ “Mr. Social,” Chuck Buell, gives us some Hot Halloween Facts so that you can be the fascinating and scary-good conversationalist at any Halloween Party!
Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the country. It ranks second only after Christmas. Halloweeners generally spend 9 billion dollars on Halloween according to the National Retail Federation.
And there are always some people who also dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
Great Doggie Costume!
Those people spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year on pet costumes alone!
Love 'em or hate ‘em, one of the Holiday's biggest candy sellers is Candy Corn. Originally called "Chicken Feed," the recipe of these small, triangular, tri-colored, mini “sugar bombs” has gone largely unchanged since they were first introduced over a hundred years ago in the 1880s. No overload sugary taste surprise every time! And even though Candy Corn usually does make the Top 10 in candy sales, it's Skittles that are generally the top-selling Halloween candy.
The Forgotten Hit, “Monster Mash” charted at #1 on the Hot 100 in 1962 just before Halloween and later recharted in August of 1973. It truly was, and is still, a “graveyard smash!”
The mask in the Halloween horror films franchise was created using a William Shatner Captain Kirk mask painted white with the eye holes cut a little bigger.
Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926.
Now, when I was a Kid, Halloween had its own Day.
And Thanxgiving had its own Day.
And Christmas had its own Day, too.
Today, it seems they’re all mashed up together!
So then, how about a Halloween-Thanxgiving-Christmas Tree?!
And a pair of Halloween-Christmas Wreaths to go along with your Holiday décor!
This one . . . ?
Or this one?!
And for the Ultimate in Inflatable Front Lawn Yard Decorations, just roll a couple pumpkins their way and toss a little Orange, Brown, Red and Green Garland over these two!
They’re the infamous 6-foot-high Inflatable Halloween Lovers Skeletons complete with built-in LEDs to keep the “Love Light” burning all night long!
If your sensibilities are on the milder side, there’s the Inflatable “Wannabe Forgotten Hits Rockin’ Skeletons!”
So many Holidays to mash up together and so little time!
CB ( which stands for “Crypt-kickin’ Boy!” )
Chuck will be back next week with more Halloween fodder ...
Which is a pretty scary thought all by itself! (kk)
