Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Katrina Gulliver
“My neighborhood is stalked by 12′ skeletons, huge spiders, and gigantic inflatable cats with rolling eyes and wagging tails. Animatronic witches cackle as I walk by. In one yard, skeletons in team jerseys are playing soccer. Another is full of disturbingly realistic gravestones. There are mannequins on porch swings with glowing red eyes. It’s ‘Spooky Season.’ The scope of Halloween has expanded from a single day into a weeks-long festival, creeping back into mid-September. Gone are the days of just putting out a jack-o’-lantern on the 31st to indicate you were open for business, trick-or-treating-wise.” (10/31/25)