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Some parents regard trunk-or-treating as a safer alternative to trick-or-treating, [83] while other parents see it as an easier alternative to walking the neighborhood with their children. This annual event began in the mid-1990s as a "fall festival" for an alternative to trick-or-treating, but became "trunk-or-treat" two decades later.
Sixteen percent of adults in the TODAY survey felt kids should stop trick-or-treating around 17 or 18, while 19% said age 15 or 16 is the stopping point. And 1% said kids older than 9 shouldn't go ...
In addition to the added danger of the holiday taking place on a weeknight, some cities are more accident-prone than others, requiring trick-or-treaters to be extra vigilant about their safety.
Sept 22 (Reuters) - Americans should avoid door-to-door trick-or-treating, attending crowded and indoor parties, and wearing costume masks this Halloween to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ...
An automobile trunk at a trunk-or-treat event at a church in Illinois. Due to their fears, parents and communities restricted trick-or-treating and developed alternative "safe" events, such as trunk-or-treat events held at Christian churches. [5] This collective fear also served as the impetus for the "safe" trick-or-treating offered by many ...
Chesapeake. Halloween night: Trick-or-Treat hours will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on October 31 for children up to 14. The City’s trick-or-treat ordinance was updated in 2019 when City Council ...
Ronald Clark O'Bryan (October 19, 1944 – March 31, 1984), nicknamed The Candy Man, The Man Who Killed Halloween and The Pixy Stix Killer, was an American man convicted of killing his eight-year-old son Timothy (April 5, 1966 – October 31, 1974) on Halloween 1974 with a potassium cyanide-laced Pixy Stix that was ostensibly collected during a trick or treat outing.
An ongoing, online and unscientific poll from Today asks readers if teenagers are too old to trick-or-treat. According to results on Oct. 30, 67% say no and 21% replied yes. According to results ...