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Vitaly Van De Sande, 4, hands out candy to pbadersby at his mom and grandmother’s flower shop on 24th Street as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Vitaly Van De Sande, 4, hands out candy to pbadersby at his mom and grandmother’s flower shop on 24th Street as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![Miles Miesnieks, 7, gets a handful of candy with his mom, Silka, from Marie Van Wbadenhoven, right, as they Trick-or-Treat on 24th Stree in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
Miles Miesnieks, 7, gets a handful of candy with his mom, Silka, from Marie Van Wbadenhoven, right, as they Trick-or-Treat on 24th Stree in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. lessMiles Miesnieks, 7, gets a handful of candy with his mom, Silka, from Marie Van Wbadenhoven, right, as they Trick-or-Treat on 24th Stree in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., … more
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![James McAnaney, 3, gets a high five from Laura Nikolic, dressed as a red dragon as he Trick-or-Treats on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
James McAnaney, 3, gets a high five from Laura Nikolic, dressed as a red dragon as he Trick-or-Treats on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. lessJames McAnaney, 3, gets a high five from Laura Nikolic, dressed as a red dragon as he Trick-or-Treats on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October … more
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![Costumed Trick-or-Treaters walk down an exterior stairs to a home on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
Costumed Trick-or-Treaters walk down an exterior stairs to a home on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Costumed Trick-or-Treaters walk down an exterior stairs to a home on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![Todd and Angela Wallenboch, with their son Cash as they Trick-or-Treat along 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
Todd and Angela Wallenboch, with their son Cash as they Trick-or-Treat along 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Todd and Angela Wallenboch, with their son Cash as they Trick-or-Treat along 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![Vitaly Van De Sande, 4, hands out candy to pbadersby at his mom and grandmother's flower shop on 24th Street as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
Vitaly Van De Sande, 4, hands out candy to pbadersby at his mom and grandmother’s flower shop on 24th Street as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Vitaly Van De Sande, 4, hands out candy to pbadersby at his mom and grandmother’s flower shop on 24th Street as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![Erika Pham, with her daughter River, 2, as they wave to Cheryl Pappin who is dressed as an elephant in a pink tutu as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
Erika Pham, with her daughter River, 2, as they wave to Cheryl Pappin who is dressed as an elephant in a pink tutu as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Erika Pham, with her daughter River, 2, as they wave to Cheryl Pappin who is dressed as an elephant in a pink tutu as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![Chad Thornton, holds his jellyfish umbrella costume while taking a break from Trick-or-Treating on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
Chad Thornton, holds his jellyfish umbrella costume while taking a break from Trick-or-Treating on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. lessChad Thornton, holds his jellyfish umbrella costume while taking a break from Trick-or-Treating on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, … more
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![Chad Thornton, holds his jellyfish umbrella costume while taking a break from Trick-or-Treating on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
Chad Thornton, holds his jellyfish umbrella costume while taking a break from Trick-or-Treating on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. lessChad Thornton, holds his jellyfish umbrella costume while taking a break from Trick-or-Treating on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, … more
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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![John Foley hands out candy to Jack Olsson, 3, as his mom Chiharu, and dad, Jim walk with him on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle]()
John Foley hands out candy to Jack Olsson, 3, as his mom Chiharu, and dad, Jim walk with him on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
John Foley hands out candy to Jack Olsson, 3, as his mom Chiharu, and dad, Jim walk with him on 24th Street in Noe Valley as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
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Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
Vitaly Van De Sande, 4, hands out candy to pbadersby at his mom and grandmother’s flower shop on 24th Street as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Vitaly Van De Sande, 4, hands out candy to pbadersby at his mom and grandmother’s flower shop on 24th Street as the city celebrated Halloween in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
Should Halloween be moved to the last Saturday in October?
The morning after Halloween is always ugly in my household. The kids are zombies after staying up too late jacked up on candy, and the kitchen is a disaster zone with craft supplies, scattered candy wrappers and empty pizza boxes from the pre-trick-or-treating dinner.
The morning mayhem is compounded when the holiday falls on a school night and getting the kids— their faces smeared with remnants of vampire paint — to school on time is on par with convincing a child that last year’s Elsa costume simply doesn’t fit.
It’s always best when Halloween falls on Saturday night and Sunday becomes a day of cleanup and sugar detox. So would it make sense to permanently move the holiday to a weekend spot and drop its badociation with October 31?
The Halloween & Costume Association, a non-profit industry group representing Halloween costume companies, has posted a petition on Change.org asking President Donald Trump to do just that.
The group proposes moving the holiday to the last Saturday in October, and nearly 10,000 people have signed the petition.
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The organization’s reasons for the change are oddly varied. They cite safety, pointing out that if the holiday falls on a weekend, kids and families could trick-or-treat when it’s still light out. The petition claims “3,800 Halloween-related injuries occur each year” and “63 percent of children don’t carry a flashlight while they are tick-or-treating.” The HCA also suggests buying glow sticks and light up accessories to make kids more visible, which makes you wonder if this petition is more about getting their organization some attention and encouraging more parents to buy products from their members.
Other reasons? Many parents work and it’s easier to pack in more family time when a holidays falls on a weekend rather than a weekday. And the HCA adds, “Millennials say Halloween is their favorite holiday, why cram it into two rushed evening weekday hours when it deserves a full day.”
While the petition has little chance of getting the president’s attention, it has parents talking. Safety is certainly of concern and I can see how toddlers and preschoolers might benefit from daylight trick-or-treating. But let’s face it — for older kids, taking the spooky nighttime darkness out of Halloween is like taking the sugar out of candy. My vote to move the holiday is all about the benefits of sleeping in the next day and sending the kids off to school Monday, well-rested, with their teeth and faces clean, and their homework done.
What do you think? Should Halloween be moved to the last Saturday in October?
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