Halloween Costumes - What Are the Hottest Costumes For Halloween This Year?

Halloween costumes are in big ask this year.

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Many feel the down economy, which is blamed for a large whole of families vacationing at home this summer, has resulted in a boomerang result where these same families are now going all out to celebrate Halloween.

Halloween, preeminent each year on October 31, has its roots in the Christian All Saints' Day and the Samhain, a Celtic festival. This Celtic "New Year" is a celebration, and held at the end of the harvest season. Antique Celts believed on this date the dead could interfere with the living, causing sickness and damaged crops. Costumes and masks were often used to mimic and appease the dead. Though originating in Ireland, Halloween is now preeminent in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and others. Halloween activities consist of trick-or-treating, decorating the inside and covering of homes, dressing up in scary or funny costumes, bonfires, haunted houses, carving pumpkins, and watching scary movies.

So, what are the hottest Halloween costumes this year?

According to the nation's largest Halloween retailer, the most beloved costumes are as follows.

Female:

1. Firelady
2. Gretchen
3. Miss Wonderland
4. Gypsy Princess
5. Daisy Bee
6. Batgirl
7. Shipmate
8. Vampire Queen
9. Pochahottie
10. In The Line Of Duty

Male:

1. Michael Jackson Thriller
2. Wicked Of Oz
3. Batman The Dark Knight
4. Mario
5. Luigi
6. Where's Waldo
7. Leprechaun
8. Midnight Vampire
9. Sesame street The Count
10. Elvis White Outfit

Girls:

1. Vampiress
2. Dorothy
3. Honey Bee
4. Pink Batgirl
5. Purrity Kitty
6. Ladybug
7. Cheerleader Dead
8. Scar Let
9. Vampira Goth
10. Fairy Midnight

Boys:

1. Darth Vader
2. Carver The Clown
3. Mario Deluxe
4. Wolverine Muscle
5. Luigi Deluxe
6. Fade In/Out Phantom
7. Clone Trooper
8. Policeman
9. Zombie Skeleton
10. Batman

Where do you find these costumes?

Halloween "superstores" have increased in numbers, first emerging in the U.S. In the early 1980s. These market are regularly seasonal, though more and more market are staying open year-round. Other division and party market also stock up for the holiday. Online sources of costumes, decor, and accessories are also facilely available.

But you might want to act fast this year, because retailers are already running low on the most beloved Halloween costumes.

Halloween Costumes - What Are the Hottest Costumes For Halloween This Year?

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