What financial crisis? It's Halloween time

China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-29 07:49

An Ellie's Farm Market employee carves one of the more than 1,000 pumpkins on Friday that will be used for the store's 31st annual Halloween pumpkin display in Berlin. Halloween is a big festival for American children and youths, but Europeans seem to be catching up with them. AP

Global stocks markets are plummeting, house prices are slumping and jobless figures are rising but Americans are not about to let a financial crisis dent their Halloween fun. About three quarters of Americans plan to celebrate the ghost and goblins holiday, and despite the credit crunch most are going to delve deeper into their pockets this year to buy candies, costumes and decorations.