BreakAways come in all forms. For kids—and for adults who like to don a costume and party—Halloween offers a giddy vakay from Reality for a night that often stretches into all fall.

But a Halloween display in late August? In the produce department of an upscale grocery store? That’s scary. As if we don’t have enough to fear of late.

Halloween will morph in many ways this year. COVID-19 will see to that. But you can count on commercial interests to push candy, costumes, and cavities.

On the upside, most folks will remember to wear a mask.