An estimated 171 million Americans are going to celebrate Halloween this year, according to research from the National Retail Federation. The last day of October is always frightfully lucrative for the U.S. economy with consumers spending billions of dollars on decorations, candy and costumes. This year, total spending is expected to hit an all-time high of $8.4 billion, a significant increase on $6.9 billion in 2015.
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Oxana: A house left untidy can lose its mystiqueThe floors get so filthy they don't even creakThe shadows are under layers of muckThe cobwebs have cobwebs, the spiders get stuckThis house may be haunted, but this is obsceneSo let's make it frightfully cleanThe dust on the portraits has built up so farYou can't even tell just how ghastly they areThese old suits of armor so spookily styledThey've now grown so tarnishedThey've not scared a childThe gloom can't be flaunted if it can't be seenThis house must be frightfully cleanVee: This skeleton's turning a strange shade of greenOxana: Oh look, here's a cobweb from 1815Demi: Shall we scrub down this gargoyle?Gregoria: Now that's downright meanAll: This house must be frightfully clean 2ff7e9595c
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