Did you notice that Halloween candy is for sale? There wasn't even any squash at the market yet. I did see a massive pumpkin out on display on Greenlane, one of my favourite blossom trail roads.
Could this candy be for sale now because the manufacturers predict that there will be a limited Halloween? I see lots of potato chips - the one 'candy' that we buy pretending it is for Halloween and snack on. And then go buy more stuff.
But it turns out that Halloween is already in the works this year. There is pent-up energy for some fun and parents are getting creative this year.
"Halloween falls on a Saturday under a full moon and on the last day of daylight savings time this year, a seemingly perfect convergence for a memorable fright night.
Epidemiologist Raywat Deonandan says if the virus caseload is higher in October than where it is now, trick-or-treating is “probably not a great idea.”
But if it's the same or lower, then “we can probably manage some semblance of trick-or-treat.”
"Paige Cody of Ottawa is taking a creative stay-at-home approach. The mother of two youngsters plans to throw Easter and Halloween together for a Harry Potter-themed candy hunt.
She’s told her daughter, 8, and son, 3, that they won’t be trick-or-treating but they will dress up as the wizarding characters, wave their wands, and fill their cauldrons with candy. She plans to hide baking ingredients, too, and to follow the sugary scavenger hunt with family time in the kitchen."
Did you know that 44 percent of Canadians consider Halloween their favourite holiday? And an average $100 - $200 is spent? I think Halloween this year is going to overrun Thanksgiving. Pile on the pumpkins!
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