Fearing an influx of out-of-town Halloween revelers, the city council of Bridgeport, Ohio, now requires trick-or-treaters to have a license to ask for candy. And in New Jersey, the Hillsborough school board voted to uphold a ban on the word "Halloween," since it derives from All Hallow's Eve, marking the day before the Christian Feast of All Saints Day. Instead, the board has allowed it to be referred to as a "fall festival celebration." Obeying the same proscription on religious holidays, the board also renamed "St. Valentine's Day" as "Special Person Day."

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