Halloween was a little extra spooky this year, with more time and effort dedicated to health and safety precautions. The government suggested trick-or-treaters wear a mask with their costume and candy givers to invent a \u201ccandy chute\u201d in order to maintain social distancing. This year, Halloween was set up to be a perfect night. The weather was very mild, and it was also a full moon; very spooky!<\/p>\n
\u201cChildren started earlier this year\u201d said Helene Nicole, a local resident of Lac-Brome. \u201cThey arrived at around 6 p.m. as opposed to 6:30 p.m. like last year.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Nicole said the largest difference would have to be the number of trick-or-treaters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got maybe half the kids. I think I got 150 kids last year and this year I got maybe 80,\u201d Nicole said.<\/p>\n
As for the candy giving, health and safety was the main priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bought two boxes of candy bars and then I used a glove to hand them out. I only used the glove to touch the candy, so I know it was clean. I also wore a mask!\u201d Nicole said.<\/p>\n
Contrary to what the government suggested, Nicole said most kids were not wearing medical masks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey walked Halloween as families or as small groups which were probably their bubble,\" said Nicole. As a substitute teacher in the Townships, Nicole mentioned that this behaviour is modeled from the protocols at school; no masks for the children, but a mask is mandatory for the adults.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing no masks on the kids did not surprise me,\" Nicole said. \"They are outside, and this is what they do at school.\"<\/p>\n
Although singing is not suggested in public places, as it has been proven to spread the virus further, kids were still yelling \"trick-or-treat\" as opposed to just knocking.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd parents reminded them to say 'thank-you,'\u201d added Nicole, laughing.<\/p>\n
To make Halloween even spookier, at around 8 p.m. there was a large bang followed by a very wide spread power outage in the town.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was hilarious because I was getting close to running out of candy when a kid came to my door dressed as an alien and when they knocked on the door the power went out. So, I opened the door and the mother explained that they heard a big bang and all the power was gone,\" said Nicole. \u201cIt ended Halloween in Knowlton by a huge power failure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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