RELATED: Fauci: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas gatherings safe for vaccinated peoplePresident Joe Biden also encouraged outdoor trick-or-treating this year, though the Bidens will be traveling abroad on Halloween and unable to greet annual visitors at the White House.Polls recently conducted by the Associated Press show Americans are eager to celebrate Halloween in 2021, though still more reluctant than they were in pre-pandemic years.Of the 1,083 adults surveyed between Oct.
21-25, 35% of respondents said they planned to hand out candy on Halloween. In 2019, that number was 42%. Last year, it was only 25%.Sixteen percent planned on taking their kids trick-or-treating this year — down from the 25% of 2019, but higher than the 12% of.