Do you know where your going to get your Halloween gift baskets this year? We will be adding our line of featured 2011 Halloween gift baskets next week! We will have the largest and most popular halloween gift basket selection online with a large assorted variety to choose from. Halloween gift baskets are wonderful surprises for all kids and adults alike!

Here are some fascinating halloween fun facts!

~ Of all the candy sold annually, one quarter of it is sold during Halloween time (September – November 10) making it the sweetest holiday of the year.

~ Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America

~ The number one candy of choice for Halloween is Snickers

~ There are an estimated 106 million potential treat-or-treat stops (i.e., housing units occupied year-round, per the U.S. Census)

~ Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday, beat out only by Christmas

~ The U.S. consumer spends upwards of $1.5 billion on Halloween costumes annually and more than $2.5 billion on other Halloween paraphernalia, such as decorations, crafts, etc. More than $100,000 of that is said to be spent online

~ Candy sales in the U.S. for Halloween average $2 billion annually

~ Halloween is the third biggest party day of the year behind New Year’s and Super Bowl Sunday, respectively

~ 86% of Americans decorate their homes at Halloween

~ Halloween is the 8th largest card sending holiday. The first Halloween greeting is dated back to early 1900 and today consumers spend around $50 million dollars on Halloween cards each year.

~ Of the pumpkins marketed domestically, 99% of them are used as Jack-o-lanterns at Halloween

~ Approximately 82% of children and 67% of adults take part in Halloween festivities every year

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