With less than three months before the annual celebration of all things ghoulish and creepy, many Halloween festivities have either been canceled or will be dramatically altered out of fear of the nation’s biggest terror: COVID-19.
Halloween is “the holiday that comes second after Christmas as far as spending goes,” said Tom Arnold, a professor of finance at the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. “I don’t think it would be wrong to predict that spending gets cut in half, at a minimum.”Halloween spending in the U.S. was estimated to top $8.8 billion last year, the third-highest amount in the 15-year history of the National Retail Federation’s. Americans were expected to spend $3.
Oceana, left, and the Ring Master greet visitors to Dark Harbor, the annual Halloween festivity on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, in 2015.Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia has yet to announce this year’s Halloween plans. "If trick-or-treat tends to be a little lower than expectation, clearly, we will focus even more on the ‘treat for me’ and the candy bowl,” she said.Long before the pandemic, a man places a “Scream” mask on his 8-year-old son at a Spirit Halloween Superstore in Santa Ana.
Spirit Halloween and costume-and-festivities retailer Party City — which credited Halloween for one-fifth of its revenue last year — say they will open as usual in hopes that costumes will be in demand this year despite the pandemic.“It’s been a challenging year, but we promise to keep the Halloween spirit alive,” Spirit Halloween said in a statement.
hugomartin In any case, I will still leave a basket of candy on my porch for costume-less 13-year-olds to steal.
hugomartin I really don't care if Halloween is cancelled. Or that I used two l's in cancelled. And in Halloween. Just don't cancel October 31st because I have a doctor's appointment that day at 10:15 AM. Or if you do cancel it wait until after 12:30 PM in case he's running late. Thanks.👻
hugomartin First world problems
hugomartin Oh the horror FirstWorldProblems Is this really considered news ?
hugomartin Is 50% of the LA Times management Black?
hugomartin Halloween was done years ago thanks to PC police and “trunk or treating.”
hugomartin The fact that they’re making decisions three months early proves that it’s fear, and not science, driving these overreactions.
hugomartin Future article: Will the people who haven’t been wearing a mask decide to wear a mask then?
All the pedos are returning their candy
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