North Mankato company is behind the magic of Halloween costumes worldwide

One of the largest online costume companies in the world is located in North Mankato, Minnesota.HalloweenCostumes.com designs and delivers year-round."My mom was a seamstress. She made these amazing costumes," Tom Fallenstein said.When Fallenstein was a kid, his mom, Jenice, made him a Halloween costume that changed his life."I got to be Super Mario 3 when that came out that year and I was the coolest kid at school," Fallenstein said.Not long after, the family began renting out their hand-made costumes. Demand became so high that in 2001, Fallenstein opened an online store and started selling around the world."We went from my mom's house to 10,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet. Now we're at over 500,000 square feet," Fallenstein said.Every inch of that space is needed. During peak October days, they'll take 120,000 orders. That's like putting a costume on every fan inside U.S. Bank Stadium and Target Field combined.They also create their own animatronics. Licensing rights allow the