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Upon that night, when fairies light,
\nOn Cassilis Downans dance,
\nOr owre the lays, in splendid blaze,
\nOn sprightly coursers prance;
\nOr for Colean the route is ta’en,
\nBeneath the moon’s pale beams;
\nThere, up the cove, to stray and rove,
\nAmong the rocks and streams
\nTo sport that night.<\/p>\n

UK spending on Halloween is expected to exceed \u00a3120m<\/strong> this year, ten times<\/strong> the amount that was spent just five years ago. The pumpkin market<\/strong> alone <\/em>is worth an estimated \u00a325m<\/strong> now that Hallowe’en has become the third most profitable seasonal push in UK supermarkets after Christmas and Easter.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the pond, the National Retail Federation of America estimates over $5 billion<\/strong> was spent in 2006.<\/p>\n

Read more about the commercialisation of Halloween<\/strong> in this article, Corporate Halloween Hegemony<\/a>, over at the Fuel Ghoul.<\/p>\n

If you are going out trick-or-treating tonight then make sure you watch out for the ghoul<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Complete text of Robert Burns’ poem Hallowe’en<\/a>. More Hallowe’en facts<\/a>.
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