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Monday 30 October 2023

The Daily Money: This may be the year Halloween's a big trick

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Halloween forecast is for frigid temperatures, less candy and banned costumes. Is this a trick?

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The Daily Money

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Mon Oct 30 2023

 

Medora Lee Money and Personal Finance reporter

Top three Halloween candies to make your house the favorite this year

Spooky season means Halloween treats! Here are the most popular Halloween candies for 2023, according to CandyStore.com.

Happy Monday! It's Medora on Halloween Eve!

It's frighteningly frigid here in Chicago. In fact, meteorologists are warning Chicago could see the coldest Halloween on record tomorrow with a wintry snow and rain mix!

Didn't the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just tell us last month, it would be a mild El Nino winter? What happened to that? Well, I guess it technically isn't winter yet..

But the cold seems to fit well with the mood this Halloween. Reports say people are buying fewer treats this year (boo!) and the most popular costume this year is Barbie, but she's on the SAG-AFTRA's banned list (hiss!). If you haven't gotten a costume yet, here's what some of people's favorite celebrities went as to get some ideas (and yes, some of them ignored the ban so you can, too).

If you're among those who didn't buy as much Halloween candy this year, hopefully you're just saving for the holidays. Take a minute and tell us how you're feeling about the holidays for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card!

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