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2020 Halloween Pumpkin - “It’s just really a catastrophic year from the business perspective,” she added, noting that with five weekends in October this year, two full moons, and the end of daylight saving time falling during Halloween night, 2020 was “on track to be our biggest year for tourism ever.”

The City of Salem released its first Covid-adjusted plans for this year’s Haunted Happenings events in early August under the assumption that by October, Massachusetts would still be in Phase 3 of its reopening, which prohibits indoor gatherings of more than 25 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people. Days after the city’s announcement, Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts tightened restrictions on Phase 3 after a rise in cases.

“I think one of the greatest fears for anyone is becoming a Covid hot spot or cluster location, and to some extent we’re always prepared for the worst,” Ms. Fox said.

Still, with the nation’s economy already sagging, the potential financial blow of a muted Halloween — or losing it all together — could be devastating, especially in places like Salem or Sleepy Hollow in New York that have built an industry on the holiday.

Jonathan Kruk, a professional storyteller recognized for his “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” performance, doesn’t want to see Halloween entirely canceled.

2020 Halloween Pumpkin Self-Quarantine Shirt - Canceling celebrations, he said, would make the holiday “an even more dark and grimly felt time,” because instead of seeking a thrill we know is false, “we’ll be kind of sitting at home, you know, frightened by our own panic attack — the real creeping, insidious virus that never seems to go away.”