When is Trick-or-Treat Night?

It's almost time for little ninjas and fairy princesses to grab their special sacks and go door-to-door in search of sweet treats of all shapes and sizes.

Trick-or-treat night 2013 in both the Borough of Emmaus and Upper Milford Township is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. on Halloween -- October 31 -- which falls on a Thursday this year.

Trick-or-treat is always set for 6 to 8 p.m. in Upper Milford, according to the township.

The date and time for trick-or-treating has met with some controversy in Emmaus in recent years. 

In 2011, the Emmaus tradition of scheduling trick-or-treat night on a Thursday was questioned by an Boy Scout in the audience at a council meeting.

Iobst told the Scout that trick-or-treat night in Emmaus had been on Thursday for as long as he could remember and Councilman Brent Labenberg said he thought that the Thursday night scheduling of trick-or-treat came from a desire to not have the Halloween-inspired quest for candy interfere with Friday night football games

In 2012, Iobst deviated from the Thursday tradition and scheduled trick-or-treat night for Halloween, which in 2012 fell on Wednesday, Oct. 31. 

Neither the borough or the township has scheduled a rain date for trick-or-treat 2013.