Pandemic Halloween is a mixed bag all around So many people look forward to Halloween, but this year is going to be vastly different for manyNEW YORK -- Roving grown-ups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Some were looking extra-forward to Halloween this year because it falls on a Saturday, with a monthly blue moon to boot. Ferrara Candy Co., which makes a Halloween staple, Brach’s Candy Corn, said most of its retail partners asked for early shipments of Halloween candy because of expected demand. Alina Morse, a 15-year-old candy entrepreneur outside Detroit, suggests fashioning a Halloween candy tree decorated with lights and treats so kids can pluck their own from a porch or yard. With Halloween on a Saturday, her family in Long Beach, California, was going to go big, but the pandemic put a stop to that.

Source: ABC News September 16, 2020 13:41 UTC