#12: Curfew Laws and Earlier Trick-or-Treating Hours
Remember when you could trick-or-treat until the last porch light went out? Those days are gone in many towns. As part of the broader safety push, many communities started to formalize and restrict trick-or-treating. Some instituted official curfews, requiring kids to be off the streets by a certain time. Others shifted the hours altogether, with trick-or-treating starting in the late afternoon instead of after sunset.
