BADoglick posted... Maybe I should state my opinion more plainly, seems many are missing my point.
Have you noticed that within the past couple years it seems like there's a more fervent obsession with Halloween on social media? And people making posts looking forward to it months out, making memes about it while it's still July? And generally those posts are responded to favorably. Contrast that to how most of social media reacts to Christmas decorations being sold in October. If you made a fb post about looking forward to Christmas in September, people would groan at you (and rightfully so imo).
This is because we are burnt out and cynical towards the consumerist nature of Christmas. What society is not burnt out on, is spooky decorations and costumes, candy, and scary movies. Not yet anyway. The jaded cynic in me says that won't be the case in too many years, when people are starting to notice the prevalence of corporate opportunism in regards to exploiting the holiday for more capital.
Tldr: Halloween is the new Christmas from a marketing standpoint
no, because I am aware that social media is not an accurate representation of what I see in real life. In my personal life I see less Halloween decorations around the neighborhood than I saw in the early 90s. There are of course a few people that go extravagant and buy whatever the 'latest thing' is; recall the tall skeleton and the tall pumpkin man this year. I'm sure Halloween spending has increased year over year in general though, simply due to population growth.