Consumers will spend $ 7.4 billion this Halloween , according to the National Retail Federation . Comment: `` It 's the Great Pumpkin , Charlie Brown '' premiered 48 years ago .
Consumers will spend $ 7.4 billion this Halloween , according to the National Retail Federation . 42.1 million children will go trick-or-treating , according to the U.S. Census Bureau . `` It 's the Great Pumpkin , Charlie Brown '' premiered 48 years ago .