NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 31: Children go trick-or-treat at a restaurant on Halloween, October 31, 2019 in New York City. Halloween, which is named from “All Hallows’ Eve”, falls a day before All Saints’ Day on November 1. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)
The good news for MA is, Halloween is NOT canceled. Governor Baker announced yesterday that he will not be canceling the holiday mainly because he feels it's better for children to be outside trick or treating than to be inside at parties. “A whole bunch of people say to me, ‘Why don’t you just cancel Halloween?’ And the reason we’re not canceling Halloween is because that would have turned into thousands of indoor Halloween parties, which would have been a heck of a lot worse for public safety, and for the spread of the virus, than outdoor, organized, and supervised trick or treating,” said Baker.
He's suggesting laying candy out on cookie sheets rather than hand it out.
“Indoor Halloween parties are a really bad idea,” said Baker. “Indoor Halloween parties are simply the wrong way to safely celebrate this particular holiday.”
