Halloween candy Sales Fun-sized?
Well the Great. Pumpkin has come nd gone once again and delivered a bounty of dental damaging delights. While early estimates predict U.S. citizens diverted dollars toward other scary things like political candidates fear not we plunked down a minuscule 11.6 Billion with a B instead of last year’s record 12.2 Billion on halloween feasts and festivals. This amount includes 3.6 Billion on candy. To get some perspective on how much candy is going home in plastic buckets, grocery bags, and pillow cases… if we took the candy out and laid it end to end the line would stretch around five thousand seven hundred miles or this line would stretch from Miami to Anchorage Alaska. Or if one wanted to go international the line would stretch from New York City to. Any of the following: London, Paris, Rome, or Madrid-just to choose a few destinations. So if the Pope started on one end and the President started on the other?…Would they meet in the middle?
What are some. Of the favorites this year? So far Reece’s in several forms like bats, pumpkins, and the classic cup lead the way. This is followed by M&Ms and skittles of many varieties and an increasing number of “sour patch-like choices.
Some economic geniuses note that chocolate choices may be headed for a slow down due to the increase in the cost of the cocoa beans needed as their price has nearly doubled. No worries the candy makers will just shave another fraction off the size of their product and soon fun-size will become just mildly amusing size and king sized will become “Earl of East Hartfordshire “ Sized.
Even though the candy size may shrink the efficiency of the whole Trick or Treat extravaganza has improved dramatically with many community events where people set out tables or the ever more popular Trunk or Treat.” Maybe next year we can pick up a spare tire, some jumper cables, and one of those flimsy jacks that have a handle that is supposed to double as a tire iron but in reality is no match at all for a lug nut that was blasted on with an air wrench. Or maybe kids and adults can just stand on their lawn and wait for the huge trucks to roll down their street firing Butterfingers from a “candy cannon.” Or a semi=automatic sour patch slinger?
So getting down to the “Peace and Joy of it all?
Halloween gives us a chance to try on a different costume and. Seek approval and little rewards. People seem pretty willing to accept the small changes presented to them by the neighbors who come knocking. Maybe we could all be a little more accepting when others try to change just a bit? Maybe we could all learn to recognize when we are putting on a mask or showing our real selves? In the end it probably seems to bring some joy if we hand something to a kid of any age and say :here, try this.. unwrap it, consume it, and smile.”
Well we will share one more Halloween entry soon and then it’s on to “pilgrim’s platters?”
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