• Some Halloween traditions come and go, but trick-or-treating and spooky costumes are timeless. • Bobbing for apples was popular in the 1940s, and glitter paint costumes were big in the 1970s. • Vintage Halloween photos show how much the holiday has changed over the years.

If you went to a Halloween party in the 1940s, chances are you'd be bobbing for apples. In the 1970s, you'd probably be covered in glitter paint.

The way people celebrate the spooky season has evolved over the decades, from homemade costumes and neighborhood parties to school parades and elaborate haunted houses.

Each year the amount of money Americans spend celebrating the holiday seems to grow, too. This Halloween, Americans are expected to spend a record $13.1 billion, the National Retail Federation reported,

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