I read an article about Halloween spending today. This year, estimates are at $1.3billion for the holiday, up from $850million, most of the increase in high-end decorations, costumes, and food/alcohol. It’s not the trick-or-treaters, it’s the parents. There were the predictable comments from the one woman they found who spends more on Halloween than on Christmas. The worn out statistics on college kids who use the holiday as a reason to party. The author was trying to imply that Halloween will overtake Christmas as the biggest holiday here. Of course, the article also included the comment from the above-mentioned woman that she goes all out on Halloween because her mother already rules the Christmas celebration. This afternoon one of the guys at work was whistling “Deck the Halls”. I asked him why he was whistling Christmas music. He said it’s almost Christmas. I replied that it isn’t “almost” Christmas. His response was “Well, I don’t know any Halloween songs.” Other than the theme riff from the movie "Halloween" and the spooky first bar from Bach's D-minor toccata, what music can you associate with this holiday? Seems to me that Christmas is going to be safe for quite some time, yet!
(Incidentally, the Toccata and Fugue in D-minor is a beautiful piece of music. The fugue especially is graceful and elegant, sounds amazing on a good pipe organ, and really has nothing to do with Halloween but a minor key.)
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Halloween is a time for rock and roll papi. Ina Gadadavida for instance, anything from Alice Cooper and more!
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