{"id":176783,"date":"2019-07-31T10:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=176783"},"modified":"2019-07-31T10:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:06:39","slug":"petition-move-halloween-to-last-saturday-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=176783","title":{"rendered":"Petition: Move Halloween to last Saturday in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"12\">YAHOO Entertainment &#8211; \u00a0 A petition launched last year but gaining viral momentum this month aims to change that by lobbying to move Halloween from Oct. 31 to the last Saturday of the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"13\">Launched last year by the nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiaonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Halloween &amp; Costume Association<\/a>, the petition to move Halloween would make for a \u201csafer, longer, stress-free celebration,\u201d the association writes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/president-of-the-united-states-join-the-saturday-halloween-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Change.org petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"14\">\u201c51% Of Millennials say Halloween is their favorite holiday, why cram it into 2 rushed evening weekday hours when it deserves a full day!?!\u201d the association adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"15\">The holiday started as a celebration of the end of summer, derived from the Gaelic festival of Samhain, marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the \u201cdarker half\u201d of the year, according to the Celtic calendar.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"canvas-image Mx(a) canvas-atom My(24px) My(20px)--sm Ta(c)\" data-type=\"image\" data-reactid=\"16\">\n<div class=\"Maw(100%) Pos(r) D(ib) Cur(p)\" data-reactid=\"19\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Trsdu(.42s) Maw(100%)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/qmRpHGe2TYshLiq7pd7icw--~A\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw\/http:\/\/imagesvc.timeincapp.com\/v3\/tardis\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.files.wordpress.com%2F2017%2F10%2Fgettyimages-458598499.jpg%3Fw%3D1024&amp;amp;w=1000&amp;amp;f=jpg&amp;amp;q=80\" alt=\"Halloween candy\" data-reactid=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-mask StretchedBox Fz(15px)\" data-reactid=\"22\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/07\/25\/us\/halloween-date-petition-trnd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a> notes that Halloween revelers would go door to door and would provide a dance, song, or prayer in exchange for food or drinks, which eventually became Halloween as we know it today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"38\">The petition garnered more than 80,000 signatures by the time of this article\u2019s publication, with more people adding their names to the list every minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YAHOO Entertainment &#8211; \u00a0 A petition launched last year but gaining viral momentum this month aims to change that by lobbying to move Halloween from Oct. 31 to the last Saturday of the month. 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