Saturday Halloween

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Celebrating Halloween on a Saturday would make the holiday safer for children.
- Pro 2: Celebrating Halloween on a Saturday would be more fun and less stressful for everyone.
- Pro 3: A Saturday Halloween would minimize the holiday’s negative impact on schools and learning.
Cons
- Con 1: Moving Halloween to Saturday would put kids on the streets on the most dangerous night of the week.
- Con 2: Moving Halloween would ignore the holiday’s ancient and religious traditions.
- Con 3: Moving Halloween to Saturday would allow kids more time to be mischievous.
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