{"id":452729,"date":"2026-10-01T02:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452729\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T02:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:32:22","slug":"halloween-parties-get-more-time-with-fall-clock-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452729\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Parties Get More Time With Fall Clock Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Fall is certainly my favorite time of the year, and getting an extra hour is always a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019ll leave that debate to somebody else.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m interested in the really important part:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfmx.com\/tags\/lubbock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lubbock<\/a> gets an extra hour of Halloween this year.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, most of the country gets it too, but I\u2019m excited for us, not them.<\/p>\n<p>The Fall Back Time Change Means An Extra Hour For Late Night Halloween Events<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cfall back\u201d time change happens on Sunday, November 1. At 2:00 a.m., the clocks roll back to 1:00 a.m. So if you\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, technically you\u2019re supposed to wait until 2:00 a.m. to change the clock, but I\u2019ll let the worry-warts and spoil-sports handle those details.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfmx.com\/nightmare-19th-street-halloween-promotion\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Nightmare On 19th Street Creates Realistic Skeleton Props<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I have a confession.<\/p>\n<p>Most years, I keep the spooky season rolling right into D\u00eda de los Muertos on November 1 and 2. Then again, I never take my Halloween tree down.<\/p>\n<p>And Krampusnacht comes along on December 5, so naturally I have to participate in that.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I usually find some excuse to do a spooky \u201cLove Bites\u201d thing in February too.<\/p>\n<p>So maybe the truth is that an extra hour doesn\u2019t really matter that much.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween isn\u2019t about what\u2019s on your clock.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about what\u2019s in your heart.<\/p>\n<p>Delicious Local Food Booths at Lubbock\u2019s South Plains Fair 2026<\/p>\n<p>A look at all the local food barns, booths, and stalls at the 2026 South Plains Fair. These all benefit local charities, sports orginzations, and churches. Note: Some booths were not yet open because it was early on preview night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Crime Rates vs. Surrounding Areas: Which Cities Are Safest?Think of moving slightly out of Lubbock? This is how our surrounding areas compare to Lubbock crime rates, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/crimegrade.org\/safest-places-in-lubbock-tx\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">crimegrade.org<\/a>, which looks at both property and violent crime in its rankings. Spoiler alert: they are all at least marginally safer (or significantly safer), as Lubbock carries a D- rating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fall is certainly my favorite time of the year, and getting an extra hour is always a bonus.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-452729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}