Halloweeeee!!!

I love Halloween. Seriously. Halloween means I get to take Frankelton out of his box and dust him off and I can string that fake cobweb stuff EVERYWHERE. I get to scoop out pumpkin guts and carve all sorts of stuff and make a costume from nothing.

The US Census Bureau has lots of fun things to report about Halloween, such as:

- There are an estimated 36.4 million treat-or-treaters that hit the streets each year in search of candy and mischief; however, the number of trick-or-treaters has been on the decline (down 381,000 between 2003 and 2004) - I blame all those moms who also forbid Harry Potter.

- 998 million pounds of pumpkin are produced each year. That's a lot of pumpkin guts for me to scoop! Plus, Ohio is one of the largest pumpkin-producing states, with over 70 million pounds.

- There are 1,790 candy manufacturers in the US that crank out $19 billion in candy goodness every year. Consequently, the average American consumes about 25 POUNDS OF CANDY in a single year. Disgusting and delightful.

I think this last fact is best summed up like this: