Fear of heavy winds and rain caused some communities in the Philadelphia and New Jersey region to cancel Trick or Treating Halloween night, or relocate it to Friday.

Other townships left it to parents to decide, writes Anna Orso for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“I’m seeing more people saying, don’t cancel it. Growing up, we never did,” said Kristin Lang, a mother from Drexel Hill.

Though Upper Darby did not weigh in either way, Lang did spend time talking with other parents about calls for postponement.

“I remember it raining growing up, and we made the best of it. We had more fun,” she said.

Delco weather was warm and  tame this year during prime Trick or Treat hours.

Officials across the region still caught heat from constituents either begging them to move trick-or-treating to keep their children safe from the elements, or telling them to stop coddling kids and make them suck it up.

The flames of outrage were, per usual, fanned in Facebook groups.

Already, many places have trick-or-treating on a night other than Oct. 31. Unlike religious or government holidays, nobody really decides when to trick-or-treat.

And that’s the problem.

Read more about the Trick or Treat debate here.

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