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No Trick Or Treat: Americans Get Creative To Celebrate Halloween Safely

The CDC is advising against the door-to-door candy quest during the pandemic. So parents are coming up with alternative ways to bring the spooky season to life. How about sending candy down a chute?
Halloween is one more thing being upended by the pandemic. Federal guidelines advise against traditional trick or treating, but parents around the country are trying to make the holiday special for their children anyway.

Traditional door-to-door trick or treating should be avoided this Halloween, under new national guidelines. But even with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest advice, Americans are still rallying to safely bring the spooky season to life. People are discovering new, creative ways to celebrate the occasion during the pandemic.

"I think we're all just looking for some type of normal in 2020, and safely celebrating Halloween will make something this year feel right and in our control," says Nevada resident Brittany Dutra, founder of a blog called 100 Percent That Mom.

Dutra says she's been a little extravagant and will be going all out for the holiday. "We let my daughter pick out three different costumes just to make up

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