@ponderable saidIn the USA, adults hold their Halloween parties on the last Friday or Saturday of October anyway, as a practical matter. Maybe some of the children's parties are also done the same, instead of on the 31st.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/halloween-date-petition-trnd/index.html
So some people are trying to move Halloween. As is to be expected a majroity of people doesn't know ahta the day signifies in the first place. And no wonder to move a holiday into a more economic slot...
We do still have trick-or-treat on the 31st (where little beggars go door-to-door to collect unhealthy sugary handouts). As for me, I keep the front lights off and pretend not to be home.
Halloween is not such a big shopping holiday as secular Christmas, so moving the date doesn't make much difference economically -- it's just better for scheduling.
Is secular Halloween even celebrated elsewhere? I thought it was primarily a US holiday.
@caesar-salad saidThanks to the big stores it has become a thing in UK and NZ.
Is secular Halloween even celebrated elsewhere? I thought it was primarily a US holiday.
Not celebrated 25 years ago but steadily growing I think.
Looks like I might be doing my very first "Trick or Treat" this year!
