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Socially distanced and super spooky: How to Halloween in a pandemic

What do you call a skeleton who presses the door bell while trick or treating? A dead ringer. Image: REUTERS/Tom Brenner

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Sarah Schwimmer and her contact-free, Trick or Treat Candy Chute. Image: Reed Schwimmer/Handout via REUTERS
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