Halloween is all fun and games until you lose track of time and realize it’s already midnight on a school night. You dread getting up the next morning and it’s a fight to stay awake all the next day. 

Imagine having a whole weekend after all the fun on a cold October night. 

That’s the goal of the petition online at change.org.  The petition, created by the Halloween and Costume Association proposes to switch the date from October 31 to the final Saturday of October.  So far, the petition has been signed by more than 150,000 people.  

Before you scoff at the idea, actually consider it as a solution to sleepy students the day after Halloween. 

Younger kids in particular don’t get the chance to stay out trick or treating or watching a Halloween movie because they have to get ready for school the next day. But if Halloween was on a Saturday night, the fun doesn’t need to but cut short, and school and work aren’t a concern for the next day. 

Let alone the fact that kids who trick-or-treat typically do so during the busiest hours of traffic on any given night.  Moving Halloween to a weekend could help with safety of kids on the streets.  

Also, nowadays, Halloween isn’t commonly celebrated for what the holiday is originally about. It’s more of a night for children and adults of all ages to dress up and have a night of fun in a generally cold and grey month.

Therefore, moving it isn’t as big of a deal as moving a holiday like Christmas or Easter. If the holiday is meant for silly costumes and fun, then we should find a way to make it more worth it. 

Moving the holiday to the last Friday of October, relieves stress from parents and children of having to go to work and school the next day and allows for the tradition of Halloween to continue.