If we take advice from the Halloween Industry Association, we won't have this problem in the future. The HIA represents companies interested in making money off 10/31 all year long, so that would be candy and snack firms and people who make costumes. And with an eye (a real one, not a fake Cyclops eye on the forehead) toward making Halloween more fun for everyone except those who work weekends, they are petitioning the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to move Halloween to the final Saturday of October.
They call it the “Saturday Halloween Movement." “It’s time for a Safer, Longer, Stress-Free Celebration!” the petition cries.
And any group promoting a cause is quick to trot out statistics to back up their request, and the HIA is no exception, pointing out that some 3,800 Halloween-related injuries are reported every year, ranging from deliberately adulterated food to Dad spraining his ankle trying to wrest a box of Goobers from Junior.The industry group says that "most parents don’t incorporate 'high visibility aids' into their outfits," and also reminds us that most children don't carry flashlights.
They don't say why having Halloween on a Saturday will change either of those facts.
Their main point seems to be that when the big day falls on a weekday, parents have to leave their kids on their own to go bag loot, so, "why cram it into 2 rushed evening weekday hours when it deserves a full day!?!”
Legal experts note that President Trump, who is quite the stickler for keeping his business interests separate from his presidential interests, what there are of them, might face a conflict of interest in this matter, as fully 2/3 of the kids in our neighborhood will parade around dressed as him this Halloween, and the other third will appear as Caitlin Jenner.
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