Articles by Joseph Keller

How you can have a fun Halloween during the pandemic.

So, a pandemic is still raging, but Halloween is coming up. You want to find some way to celebrate, even if you’re confined to your home. Maybe your neighborhood is still doing trick-or-treat, and you want to find some way to participate as safely as possible.

There are many ways that you can still have a fun and safe Halloween during a pandemic. You have to be careful. You have to plan. You have to have supplies. To prevent you from having to think everything out completely last-minute, here are several ideas to help you have the perfect Halloween at home this year.

Trick-or-treat

Of course, one essential element of most community Halloween celebrations is trick-or-treat. Of course, precautions need to be taken; after all, we don’t want kids or people handing out candy to get sick. So, here are some tips for how you can safely do trick-or-treat this year.

Candy at home

Even if your neighborhood allows trick-or-treat this ye…

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