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Now and Then: Where Did Halloween Candy Come From? NowThis (Original Post) YoshidaYui Oct 2025 OP
Interesting. LoisB Oct 2025 #1
Thank you, Yoshida Yui. Your post is very interesting. debm55 Oct 2025 #2
And therefore candy companies wanted trick or treating to start during daylight hours rurallib Oct 2025 #3

rurallib

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3. And therefore candy companies wanted trick or treating to start during daylight hours
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 05:01 PM
Oct 2025

so they lobbied to get daylight time change extended to the first Sunday in November!
Curse them

Oh - thanks for the valuable information

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