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Missives From The Quantum's avatar

Well written and many good points — though a minor footnote or perhaps a significant one: US consumers spend roughly 10x as much on Christmas decorations as Halloween.

So the normie consumer world is not quite as macabre or decaying as perhaps the 17-35 in urban areas (which tends to overemphasize trends).

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Garry F. Owen, Trooper's avatar

However, Halloween decor spending is 2nd to Christmas. Michael's and other retailers know what their customers want.

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