BURBANK, CA - OCTOBER 21: A Halloween Adventure store, located in a defunct Circuit City consumer electronics store building, sells costumes, props and accessories for Halloween revelers on October 21, 2009 in Burbank, California. Shoppers are predicted to spend an average of $56.31 on holiday merchandise, down from $66.54 a year ago. That would bring the total Halloween spending to about $4.75 billion. Last year brought in $5.77 billion. Halloween Adventure is a national chain of temporary Halloween merchandise stores that open each year for the Halloween buying season. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)