People around here are confused about Halloween.

[Shell Beau]

For some reason Jackson, MS is celebrating it on Saturday while all of the surrounding cities are celebrating it on Halloween. The whole Greater Metro area is confused. People will be trick-or-treating on all the wrong nights. Plus people don't understand why it has been moved.

[trackfan]

1. It's usual to have parties or going to bars on a near weekend,

but I have never heard of changing the day when kids trick-or-treat to anything other than actual Halloween.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Yeah, it happens a lot nowadays.

Parents don't want kids out late on school nights. Which is lame, so far as I'm concerned. One night ain't gonna kill the kid.

[Shell Beau]

4. Yeah I know. And the towns surrounding Jackson are

somewhat considered to be part of Jackson. I guarantee that kids will be trick-or-treating in Jackson Sat. and then in their towns on Monday. They get to do it twice.

[texas1928]

3. When i was a kid, my home town would move it.

to a night that was not a school night.

[progmom]

6. hmmmm

my town had it on the actual day.

[Shell Beau]

7. Mine did too! Why don't we just

say it is the last Saturday of the month if that is how towns are going to do it. It is one freakin' night. Let the kids have fun.

[kick-ass-bob]

5. Cary, NC usually moves it.

Thank God Raleigh has more sense than that.

:eyes:

[SoCalDem]

8. Why not? We move Presidents' birthdays too

:shrug:

[Shell Beau]

9. True, we just change the days to convenience us!

I guess Thanksgiving should really be on the last Saturday of November. That way I can work the full week. :silly:

[SoCalDem]

10. Let's just add all the holdiays to 4th of july and just have a

big ole vacation for everyone.. Everything closes and we all can test our survival planning skills at the same time..:)

[Shell Beau]

11. I'd lose! Although I have been watching "Lost".

Maybe that would help me with my survival skills. I know I've had to have learned something from that show. :think:

:silly:

[SoCalDem]

12. We could survive for a long time, BUT we'd have to eat yukky food

Why DID I ever buy some of the stuff that's languishing on my pantry shelves..??

[Shell Beau]

13. I know! I have some nasty canned food in my pantry!

I don't know WHAT I was thinking!!!