Will trick or treaters knocking on your door get candy this Halloween?

[kenny]

Will trick or treaters knocking on your door get candy this Halloween?

 

[missy]

I am not participating in Halloween during a pandemic.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Nawp. Not this year.
Big bummer, we dig Halloween.

I won't put a bunch of kids/parents or my own family at risk.

 

[Calliecake]

Not this year.

 

[Slickk]

Nope!

 

[asscherisme]

No way.

 

[GreenPapaya]

I'll probably leave candy out. No one ever comes here anyway . In my old neighborhood, there's designated streets for trick or treating. I think it's the same for this current neighborhood. We haven't gone trick or treating in a few years. My son thought it was too embarrassing at 8 years old and he's 11 now. He won't dress up anyway. I went trick or treating until I graduated college (with nieces and nephews). And I don't even eat candy! Lol My kids do enjoy going to the stores after Halloween to pick up Haribo gummies, smarties, nerds and kit kats.

 

[Queenie60]

I'll leave it on the porch with the lights on.

 

[Calliecake]

@Queenie60 , How could you change the best avatar on Pricescope?

 

[Queenie60]

@Queenie60 , How could you change the best avatar on Pricescope?

I know. I'll change it back. Thank you for noticing.

 

[Queenie60]

@Calliecake

 

[Queenie60]

Love you

 

[Calliecake]

I know. I'll change it back. Thank you for noticing.

Thank you!!! She has the most adorable face!

If you ever need a sitter, I would spoil her rotten!!!

 

[MamaBee]

Not this year..

 

[Queenie60]

Thank you!!! She has the most adorable face!

If you ever need a sitter, I would spoil her rotten!!!

If you're in CA, it's AAA ok!!!

 

[Queenie60]

She's a love and a pistol!

 

[Austina]

Not something that’s a big thing here. We close and lock our gates anyway, so even if they buzzed, we wouldn’t answer.

 

[missy]

And this Halloween we also set our clocks back so there's an extra hour. Be careful everyone.


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[Cluless]

nope lol

 

[anne_h]

I live in a secure building, so no, there will be nobody coming to my door. And the few kids who do live here (including my own) never trick or treat in the building anyways.

But your post raises a separate interesting question which is... will I *take* my kids out trick or treating? I had not thought that far ahead. For now I'm thinking I'll wait to see what the COVID situation is like in my area by that time, what the health authorities are saying, and how the community seems to be responding.

We are not hung up on needing to trick or treat, so if necessary I will just buy the kids some junk and we'll have a pig-out party at home.

Anne

 

[missy]

What Scares Salem? October Without Halloween (Published 2020)

Cities, towns, retailers and confectioners across the country are bracing themselves for more subdued festivities this year — if they have them at all.

www.nytimes.com

“ By Aimee Ortiz
Aug. 13, 2020
Times have changed in Salem, Mass., since the 17th century, when 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were executed for it. Today, the city of 43,000 revels in its macabre lore and has turned Halloween into a monthlong celebration where apple cider is consumed by the gallon, potions and herbs promise protection from evil spirits, and countless children and adults roam the streets in search of sugary and spooky delights.

But this year, that will change.

With coronavirus cases spiking around the country, cities, towns, retailers and confectioners are bracing themselves for what could be a substantially more subdued Halloween this year. High-profile events at Disney’s theme parks and Knott’s Berry Farm have already been canceled, and in places like Salem — where the holiday accounts for more than 30 percent of the city’s annual tourists — officials are trying to figure out what Halloween looks like during a pandemic.

“The sales that the businesses generate during October are what carry them through the quiet winter months,” said Kate Fox, director of Destination Salem, the city’s marketing organization.

“It’s just really a catastrophic year from the business perspective,” she added, noting that with five weekends in October this year, two full moons, and the end of daylight saving time falling during Halloween night, 2020 was “on track to be our biggest year for tourism ever.”


The City of Salem released its first Covid-adjusted plans for this year’s Haunted Happenings events in early August under the assumption that by October, Massachusetts would still be in Phase 3 of its reopening, which prohibits indoor gatherings of more than 25 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people. Days after the city’s announcement, Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts tightened restrictions on Phase 3 after a rise in cases.

“I think one of the greatest fears for anyone is becoming a Covid hot spot or cluster location, and to some extent we’re always prepared for the worst,” Ms. Fox said.

Still, with the nation’s economy already sagging, the potential financial blow of a muted Halloween — or losing it all together — could be devastating, especially in places like Salem or Sleepy Hollow in New York that have built an industry on the holiday.


Halloween partiers in Salem, Mass., last year. With five weekends in October this year, city officials had expected a tourist bonanza.
Halloween partiers in Salem, Mass., last year. With five weekends in October this year, city officials had expected a tourist bonanza.Credit...John Andrews for
Jonathan Kruk, a professional storyteller recognized for his “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” performance, doesn’t want to see Halloween entirely canceled.



Canceling celebrations, he said, would make the holiday “an even more dark and grimly felt time,” because instead of seeking a thrill we know is false, “we’ll be kind of sitting at home, you know, frightened by our own panic attack — the real creeping, insidious virus that never seems to go away.”

He added: “It’s like a horror film. When you think you’ve vanquished Freddy Krueger or whatever monstrous form is out there, they pop up and scare you again.”

It’s not all about spooks and scares, of course: Halloween is big business. Between costumes and decorations and candy — so much candy — a survey by the National Retail Federation estimated that American consumers would spend more than $8 billion on Halloween last year.



“Nationally, the retail industry has counted on Halloween as one of its important sales drivers,” said David Gulley, an economics professor at Bentley University. “While not at the level of end-of-year holiday or back-to-school shopping, Halloween matters. With far fewer parties and trick-or-treating looking very unlikely, this will be yet another blow to the already beleaguered retail sector.”

The National Confectioners Association, a trade group for candy makers, said that while there was no question that Halloween would be different this year, its leaders believed that consumers were holding onto a deeply “rooted optimism for the Halloween season and plan to come up with safe and creative ways to celebrate.”

Christopher Gindlesperger, the association’s senior vice president for public affairs and communications, said earlier this summer that the group had teamed up with two pollsters, Morning Consult and the Harris Poll, to dig into anticipation for what he called their Super Bowl.

The Morning Consult poll, conducted in late July, found that 63 percent of adults believed that people would “find creative, fun and safe ways to celebrate the Halloween season this year,” Mr. Gindlesperger said, and that an additional 25 percent were optimistic “but aren’t sure what to expect just yet.”


The Harris Poll, conducted in mid-June, found that 74 percent of millennial mothers and other young parents said that Halloween was more important than ever this year, he said.

Maybe it’s Halloween at a distance, or at home, “but that doesn’t mean Halloween is not happening,” Mr. Gindlesperger said.

Trick-or-treating, the quintessential activity of Halloween, is still on the schedule for Salem.


Children picking through candy in Lewiston, Maine, last year. The holiday is big business for costume creators and candy makers.
Children picking through candy in Lewiston, Maine, last year. The holiday is big business for costume creators and candy makers.Credit...Andree Kehn/Sun Journal, via Associated Press
In Orem, Utah, which one website listed as the best city for trick-or-treating in 2019, Mayor Richard F. Brunst said leaders hadn’t discussed what effect the virus would have on this year’s festivities. Utah County, home to Orem, has roughly 20 percent of the state’s coronavirus cases, according to a New York Times analysis.


“I don’t know if that is what Halloween will look like or not,” Mr. Brunst said. He suggested the example of drive-by wedding receptions, which have become popular in the city during the pandemic. But the mayor stood firm: “Yes, we will be holding Halloween this year.”

Everett Brennan, a 9-year-old from Chicago, is gearing up for a year without the usual festivities. “Part of why I like Halloween is because when we go to school we get to do a whole bunch of super fun games,” he said.

Everett said his perfect Halloween would be “being able to talk with people and be right next to my friends and talk with them and stuff.”

But with remote learning, “I’ll be missing out on it all,” he said, adding, “I’ll just be disappointed, I guess.”



One person who’s confident that parents will come up with ingenious ways to celebrate the holiday: the actor Jamie Lee Curtis, who since the release of the 1978 film “Halloween” has seen her name inextricably linked to the holiday.

“What’s important is that children are resilient, and putting on a costume, whether or not you’re running around on the streets or in your own home, I think the idea of putting on the costume is the fun part,” she said.

Halloween will be different this year, she said, but “different doesn’t have to be bad.”

“Different can be different, and there can be a lot of fun and creativity,” she said.
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[rainydaze]

We hardly get any trick or treaters anyway, but it wouldn't be hard to leave some individual full-size candies spread out at the end of the driveway on a table or something. Maybe even leave a bottle of hand sanitizer.

My kids are old enough now not to want to go trick or treating (one is young enough whereby she might still want to) but I can't in any way justify it this year. I think they/she will all understand.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Trick or treating has really taken off in Australia in the past few years.

My answer is hell no. I would never let my kid eat random lollies from people I don't know normally so I'm not about to start in a pandemic.

I can just see the state government ads freaking out about Halloween now!

Refrain from Halloween. Go get tested for Covid instead.

 

[MaisOuiMadame]

Trick or treating has really taken off in Australia in the past few years.

My answer is hell no. I would never let my kid eat random lollies from people I don't know normally so I'm not about to start in a pandemic.

I can just see the state government ads freaking out about Halloween now!

Refrain from Halloween. Go get tested for Covid instead.

This!!


I can see the govt ad: "Nothing says Halloween like a cotton bud right up to your brain! "

 

[lyra]

Enthusiastic no, even though we love decorating and the whole shebang. I've even considered skipping Christmas this year, but the rest of the nuclear family would hate that.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I should add that I have Nordic Ware Halloween tins that I'm going to bake with. They are shaped as mini graves and the kids have been waiting all year to see buttercakes baked in them!!!!! I'm so excited about the tin, it's the highlight of Halloween!

 

[Niffler75]

We love Halloween here. There is a real community feel and we live on a friendly street.
I might chat to people to see if we can do a socially distanced Halloween, maybe decorate our front gardens/ do things in a different way?

 

[Demon]

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Whether we'll be giving out candy this year depends on how we're doing with Covid by that time. But I would think most parents would not allow their kids to be going out.

 

[KaeKae]

I would be surprised to see any this year. Last year we had 11 kids come to our door. The years before were 8 and 14. I'll probably get a pack of something just in case the kids next door do knock. Maybe I'll go wild and get them (us) full size bars.

 

[winnietucker]

They didn’t even want to come to my house last year!

We had moved in the previous August and I was pumped. We bought the good candy (the big bars from Costco), had bottled drinks ready, installed a baby gate to keep the dogs from rushing kids that knocked, and made sure to keep our porch light on.

TBF our street has no sidewalks and then we don’t live in any type of planned neighborhood or anything. But what a disappointment... We won’t be doing anything this year and wouldn’t do it even if there wasn’t a pandemic.