Lubbock Gets An Extra Hour Of Halloween This Year

Fall is certainly my favorite time of the year, and getting an extra hour is always a bonus.

Politicians can keep debating time changes and whether we should continue doing this forever. There are arguments on both sides, including concerns about kids heading to school in the dark, but I’ll leave that debate to somebody else.

I’m interested in the really important part:

Lubbock gets an extra hour of Halloween this year.

Technically, most of the country gets it too, but I’m excited for us, not them.

The Fall Back Time Change Means An Extra Hour For Late Night Halloween Events

The “fall back” time change happens on Sunday, November 1. At 2:00 a.m., the clocks roll back to 1:00 a.m. So if you’re still awake after midnight at a Halloween party, haunted house gathering or wherever your spooky little heart takes you, you basically score a bonus hour.

Yes, technically you’re supposed to wait until 2:00 a.m. to change the clock, but I’ll let the worry-warts and spoil-sports handle those details.

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Now I have a confession.

Most years, I keep the spooky season rolling right into Día de los Muertos on November 1 and 2. Then again, I never take my Halloween tree down.

And Krampusnacht comes along on December 5, so naturally I have to participate in that.

Oh, and I usually find some excuse to do a spooky “Love Bites” thing in February too.

So maybe the truth is that an extra hour doesn’t really matter that much.

Halloween isn’t about what’s on your clock.

It’s about what’s in your heart.