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72%will hand out candy

44.2%will carve a pumpkin

20.3%will visit

a haunted house

31.7%will take their child trick-or-

treating

47.5%will decorate

their home and/or yard

30.9%will attend or host a party

ADULTS

Halloween invades campus

KIDS PETS

Witch VampireBatman

Character

Pumpkin Hot dog DevilBatman CharacterPrincess Animal

Source: National Retail Federation 2013 Halloween spending survey conducted by prosper insights and analytics.

95%will

purchase candy

This year Americans are expected to spend a total of $2.6 billion on Hal-loween costumes alone, according to a National Retail Federation survey. Of that $2.6 billion, $1.2 billion will be spent on adult costumes, $1 billion on children’s and $330 million on pets. Here are this year’s top picks for adults, children and pet costumes.

Top 10 most

searched costumes for

2013 released by Google

Minion

Breaking Bad

Fox

Duck Dynasty

Miley Cyrus

Minecraft

Daenerys

Batman

Gatsby dress

Daft Punk

Favorite candy: NerdsLeast favorite candy: M&M’sFavorite costume: “I always liked being a witch when I was a kid.”

Favorite thing about Halloween:

“It is one of my favorite holidays because of all the decorations.”

Andrea Hibbs, 20, Film

44%will wear costumes

Photos by Suzanna Powers, page designed by Nikki Nicolaou

Favorite candy: Milky WayLeast favorite candy: PayDayFavorite costume: “My physics profes-sor; students thought I was really him.”

Favorite thing about Halloween:

“Giving out free can-dy is just something that should happen year-round.”

Luke Kreft, 24, Photography

Favorite candy: SkittlesLeast favorite candy: Milk DudsFavorite costume: Fearling from Rise of the Guardians

Favorite thing aboutHalloween:

“A man can dress like a banana

without being judged.”

Aaron Falcsik, 24, Computer

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