PrintDaylight Saving Time Extended to Sell More Candy?
The New York Times looks into the candy lobby's role in extending daylight saving time by a month. The lobby believed that the extra hour of trick-or-treating in daylight would increase candy sales and decrease child deaths.
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2 Comments:
I don't care why they extended daylight savings time, but I loved being able to trick or treat when I could still see! It was the best time we've ever had trick or treating because it was safe enough to let the kids run with less adult supervision. I wish we'd never change the time.
memphish at 9:05PM on 10/31/07
We waited until dark to take our two trick or treating. They are four and six and it seemed more exciting to go later. When else are we going to walk around in the dark?
LearP at 12:18AM on 11/01/07