Scary Milk Jugs

One of my favorite outrageous facts is that Americans spend $6 billion annually on Halloween, roughly the equivalent of all the spending on the 2012 presidential election.

I can't even figure out how that's possible. But then again, we also spend $13 billion on Valentine's Day, so maybe I should forget about Halloween.

Anyway. Here's my idea of what Halloween decorations should look like, which wouldn't add a thing to the annual spending:


Yes, those are plastic milk jugs, connected with string.