Hallow’s eBay: Trick-or-treaters go online for hot costume ideas

Oof! Look what time of year it is again!

Yes, yes, tis officially the season to be thinking about the December holidays — but check out that 90-day total listings trend for “Halloween.” It’s a season unto itself, where clearly there is money to be made. Last year it seemed everyone and their cat dressed as the Joker from The Dark Knight… so what does this year have in store?

Based on the recent success of True Blood and Twilight, we’re gonna go out on a limb (yeah right) and suggest vampires might be one common theme this year… But who else? Michael Jackson? Kanye West? John and Kate Gosselin? Whoever it is, they’ll be a big part of these ridiculous two-year total sales trends for “Costumes & Reenactment Attire > Costumes” and “Holiday & Seasonal > Halloween”:

This TP-blogger, meanwhile, is set to go as Michael J. Fox’s Teen Wolf — so if anyone knows where to acquire mass amounts of body hair…

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