Sweet alternatives to traditional trick-or-treating.
By Jenesis Gomez
Covid-19 has caused a lot of changes to our present day lives, including how we celebrate our holidays. Halloween is one of America’s most celebrated holidays, especially loved by kids. However, the virus has also put a damper on our sugary joy with the various safety precautions. So the question is, how will Halloween adapt to the virus while still being a blast?
For the loved tradition of trick or treating, costumes need to undergo a slight adjustment. Parents are now having their kids where masks along with their costume, if it doesn’t already have one. Hopefully, companies take advantage and produce matching masks to go along with the costumes. For those giving out candy, having a table or seat outside holding a bowl of candy is crucial in maintaining social distance. At least this way, the kiddos will be able to snatch more candy at one go than the measly 2-3 pieces usually given out.
Besides the trick or treating for younger kids, there are various new and innovative family events for both kids as well as older generation, such as haunted houses. Below are various events that have adapted to the virus while still being loads of fun (with most being free or fairly inexpensive ) :
- The Not so Spooky Adventure and Harvest Market where you can go shopping for food, knickknacks, free candy and listen to spooky stories on your car’s radio.
- The Zombie Park Trunk or Treat Drive Thru where you can drive through with the car’s trunk open, collecting candy and watching the screening of the Addams Family. P.S., don’t forget to decorate your car with spooky decorations!
- Monster Mash Bash a Halloween fiesta with costume contests, prizes, treats and ghostly tours. You KNOW it’s going to be so awesome even Dracula wants to come.
- The Wynwood Fear Factory is a fusion of a concert and a haunted house. What’s better than listening to some tunes while getting the life scared out of you?
- The Horrorland– The Drive-Thru Haunted Attraction is a drive-thru haunted house where you better make sure your windows are all the way up, the doors locked and dial 911. It is fully immersive with the horror movie unraveling around you.
Others scary events include:
Dolphin Mall’s Spooktacular Halloween, Spooky Science Monster Mast at Frost Museum, Spooky Safari Halloween at Lion Country Safari, Halloween Boo Bash at Mall of the Americas, Titanic Masquerade: A Monstrous Party Cruise, and Spirits of Stranahan House Halloween Tours and River Ghost Tours.
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