As the future progresses and much of the world is changing, so is Halloween. This year, many people are moving from going trick-or-treating, ringing doorbells and collecting candy from house to house, to trunk-or-treating, being in a parking lot and collecting candy from the trunk of decorated cars. While that may seem like a creative alternative, what are the opinions surrounding this new change? 

Hearing from Nora Schaffer, a Junior at HSHS, she believes that trunk or treating ruins the “hype of trick or treating” because “now so many parents of young kids take them trunk or treating, so they’ll think it is the norm and now kids won’t go trick or treating.” 

Sophomore Maddy White also agrees that “it ruins the tradition of trick-or-treating, since it doesn’t share the same joy as ‘real’ trick-or-treating.” White explains that “part of the experience is when you go to each house and ring the door bell.” This shows that the majority of students and people value the basic tradition of Halloween that would be lost by trunk-or-treating. Many are worried that this will affect the future kids because they won’t get the full experience to Halloween. 

Furthermore, Junior Genesis Ayala offers a different perspective by expressing that trunk-or-treating “takes away a sense of community in the neighborhood since Halloween is when you can see who has kids, and it is a time when you can build friendship and unity.” 

Ultimately, not only does trunk or treating take tradition and experience away, it can also weaken your relationships with the people in your neighborhood and you may never be aware of who you live around.