Every year, it seems that we spend more and more on Halloween fancy dress and so far, none of us seem to mind. Halloween is that special time of year when you can dress like your favorite super hero or maybe even like one of your most secret alter egos. Whatever you dress as, you want to make sure that your costume is perfect so when you arrive at that Halloween party, you will get noticed for all of the right reasons.
Let’s take a look at the party now; Halloween fancy dress parties can be expensive as well when you factor in the food, beverage, entertainment and decorations. And remember, most of us are throwing a Halloween party for our children as well as our adult friends; that’s like two parties in one!
All of the fun and excitement of Halloween doesn’t come cheap. In fact, many studies have been done that show us just how much we are spending each and every year on this particularly spooky holiday.
Halloween Fancy DressLet’s break down Halloween by the numbers and see what we come up with:
Over 162 million people celebrated Halloween this past year and that number has steadily increased over the past decade.
Of those 162 million people, 20% of them made their own costumes to save money or show off their creativity.
$2.8 billion on costumes was spent on costumes in 2014 with a large percentage of that being spent the week of Halloween. This led to 20% of people making their own costumes.
$1.1 billion of the $2.8 billion total was spent on children’s costumes alone.
16% of Halloween costume shoppers turned to pop culture for costume ideas including companies such as Disney and Mattel.
23 million people dress their pets in costumes every year. Somehow we think many of the pets might have resisted.
In 2014, 33 million people will have visited a haunted house by the end of Halloween. The weekend before Halloween has been shown to be the busiest for haunted houses around the world.
54 million people throw or attend Halloween parties every year which is the reason for many retail stores to have later operating hours the next day.
Of the 162 million people who said they celebrate Halloween, 8% did not hand out candy.
In all, $7.4 billion was spent on Halloween this past year making it one of the most profitable, and expensive, Halloweens in recent
