TRADE GROUP WANTS TO CREATE `HALLOWEEN SATURDAY'

TRADE GROUP WANTS TO CREATE `HALLOWEEN SATURDAY'

SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) -- You've heard of Easter Sunday but what about "Halloween Saturday"? It could happen if a trade group known as the "Halloween Association" has its way. The group wants Halloween to be legally changed to the last Saturday in October because sales of candy, costumes and booze usually increase 25 percent when Halloween falls on a Saturday. A spokesman says if Halloween were celebrated on Saturday every year, it would give the economy a big boost -- mostly because more adults get in the act by renting costumes and throwing parties. The Halloween Association also claims parents wouldn't have to rush home from work to take kids trick or treating if Halloween was always held on Saturday. The group now hopes to ignite a grassroots effort into demanding that Congress change Halloween to the last Saturday in October.