In Reading, Massachusetts, Tina Ravanis has spent months preparing her elaborate yard display. She says she's one of the first people in line when Halloween decorations hit store shelves each summer. "I'm probably the first one at the store when they open in August," she said with a laugh.

Massachusetts has plenty of haunted places to visit this spooky season, including restaurants, hotels, cemeteries and even ships.

Some showers could occur early Friday morning, but it looks dry for trick-or-treating Friday evening. It will be windy for much of the day on Halloween. The high will be around 56 to 60 degrees, while the lows could be around 38 to 44 degrees. The weekend looks dry to start the month of November.

Decorated macarons add French elegance to spooky season, while sugar-cookie kits let families create memories through decorating together. Themed confections available seasonally show impressive attention to current Halloween trends. Party boxes solve the problem of wanting variety without buying entire cakes.

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The new scratch ticket game is the Massachusetts Lottery’s third installment of a $50 ticket since its highly-successful “Billion Dollar Extravaganza” game released in 2023. Besides the massive top prize, the game has the “best odds of winning $50,000″ on any of the Lottery’s three $50 scratch ticket games, according to the lottery.

It's the busiest day of the year in Salem, Massachusetts as visitors from around the world fly into the Witch City for Halloween.