>> it wi be a vycary llown, thi holay 1 scretinar youot urlohedike 80000 arica d, we're lkingut pplhatsoou knowhe a notot arl,his is the heart of the economy, you would rather cutback on halloween than christmas. gerri: we're expecting a billion dollars in spending down from last year, 7 billion evechristmt get so huge? >huge? i remember when halloween was just about maybe you get an apple or canny corn. and -- candy corn, you wore you know, you made it yourself, but not the case any more people spend a ton of money. >> always that person that gives you akinking tooth brush too. like anything else, if is a marketing machine, holidays are created by retails to do just that, you have costume contests, and adult parties, it is thursday night, you may see a lot of revelers and college kids hitting the bars, hey, the one night a year you can take your shirt off, people have embraced that. gerri: i don't wait that are that one night, how about christmas, what do you think? >> well, i'm a permabear. after poor back-to-school sales, the holiday season will take a dip with a poor summer season,