It’s been the talk of the town for weeks. On Facebook parenting groups. At every socially distanced play date. On mom-to-mom phone calls. What is everyone doing about trick-or-treating?
“Is Halloween canceled?” begins one such post on the East Northport Moms Facebook page, after which there are more than 130 comments. Many families promise to be out and about, others say they won’t be going door to door and still others are sharing hybrid ideas such as stringing candy on a clothesline for trick or treaters to pick off or using a PVC pipe to slide candy — social distancing style — over to costumed children.
While the CDC has recommended that families consider nixing the door-knocking due to COVID-19, pegging it as a high-risk way to celebrate the…