Celebrating Halloween. Halloween is a massive big deal at the card shop where I work. This is a comparatively new phenomenon. When I was a kid back in the 1960s, we carved pumpkins and left them on the front porch. My mom let me tape a cardboard cutout of a ghost or black cat on my bedroom window. My sisters and I put on costumes and went trick-or-treating. That was it. We were happy.
But now there are parties, for children and adults alike. Decorations are intricate and imaginative. Halloween is a multi-billion (with a "b") dollar business, and I see that reflected by what we sell at our little store.
1. Greeting cards
2. Wrapping paper
3. Wreaths. We offer some pre-made, some DIY.
4. Washi tape
5. Stickers
6. Squishies shaped like black cats, pumpkins, and Frankenstein
7. Black cat sunglasses (Please buy these! It's not that they aren't popular, it's that we were sent enough to outfit every man, woman and child in the tri-state area.)
8. Shot glasses shaped like skulls
9. Paper plates and napkins
10. Pumpkin and/or ghost pens
11. Dog- or cat-in-costume ornaments
12. Candles (so many pumpkin candles – I think these would also be appropriate for Thanksgiving)
13. Trick-or-treat bags
How are you preparing for/celebrating Halloween?
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