Trick or Treat: Facts on TV and Movie Halloween Costumes

TRICK OR TREAT Facts on TV & Movie Halloween Costumes Halloween Costume Tradition Why People Wear Costumes During Halloween Halloween's origins date back more than 2,000 years. On what we consider November 1, Europe's Celtic peoples celebrated their New Year's Day, called Samhain (SAH-win) On Samhain eve, spirits were thought to walk the Earth as they traveled to the afterlife In an early form of trick-or-treating, Celts costumed as spirits are believed to have gone from house to house engaging in silly acts in exchange for food and drink What an Average American Will Spend on Halloween Top10 Pop Culture Costumes on Yahoo Zombie costumes Halloween Costumes $28.65 Star wars costumes Vampire costumes Halloween Candy $23.27 Flapper costume: Nicki Minaj costumes Decorations $23.56 -Hunger Games costumes Hello Kitty costumes Greeting Cards $4.34 Dominatrix costumes Top Halloween Costumes on Google Shopping Breaking Ba d Minions searches are up nearly 3x vs. last year for the popular AMC series, which just saw huge ratings for its series finale popular with both adults and kids daft BATMAN searches are up 36 percent vs. last year und Searches for the band behind the monster hit "Get Lucky" are at the highest they've ever been in the history of the band Miley Cyrus not surprising following her post-VMA twerking and other "look at me" antics Halloween Costume Trends Costume Trends as Inspired by TV Shows and Movie (1985) (1989) Those with abs flaunted them as Aladdin and Jasmine from the Disney film released that year |(1993) Hulk Hogan and Elvira were the big He and She sellers The Joker, as immortalized by Jack Nicholson in the Batman flick, was a top choice ONTANA (1998) (2008) it was Cyrus's squeaky-clean Disney alter ego, Hannah Montana, that was the top choice (2003) Spongebob Squarepants were among the most popular Kenny, the muffled character from South Park was one of the year's biggest costumes (2012) (2009) Michael Jackson (2011) Angry Birds were a big hit and was also one of the top costumes that year costumes were the most popular, in homage to the recently deceased King of Pop (2013) A lot of people dressed as Minions from the film Despicable Me Bane, the Gotham-terrorizing bad guy from the final installment of The Dark Knight trilogy was among the most popular male costumes Most Popular Halloween Costumes Spider-Man 1,824,615 Superman 2,313,095 Animal 2,819,860 Pirate 3,093,210 Vampire 3,626,883 Zombie 3,878,741 Super Hero 4,091,163 Princess 4,349,793 Batman Characters 5,408,336 Witch 6,717,045 1M 2M зм 4M 5M 6M 7M TV Store RESOURCES: http://247wallst.com/special-report/2013/10/29/this-years-most-popular-halloween-costumes/3/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111028-halloween-facts-costumes-history-nation-science/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/31/most-popular-halloween-costumes-through-the-years-1985-2013.html Online.com http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2299701/Google-Yahoo-Reveal-the-Most-Searched-For-Halloween-Costumes-of-2013 www.tvstoreonline.com 866-823-8537 #TvStoreOnline