 Boston Costume Shop in Cambridge relies on Halloween for most of its business. All city-sponsored Halloween events in Cambridge are cancelled this year, according to the City of Cambridge website. This has led to a significant drop in costume sales. Boston Costume is certainly much lower than normal, and it's hard to know. We'll see this final week really what it looks like, but it could be as much as only doing around a third of an average year. Recently, Governor Baker announced a plan to rebuild the economy. Massachusetts will direct $115 million in new funding to local small businesses. Certainly, if the cities are helping to promote small businesses, that helps, but at the end of the day, unless they're giving actual money to businesses to help them during this time, then not too much they can do. The CDC is encouraging Americans to stay home this Halloween, so many people are skipping the traditional festivities. It's a pandemic also, so I feel like it really is irresponsible to like hang out with friends and like party and stuff. So I'm chilling with my roommates and my home on Halloween. Boston Costume hopes that with the correct precautionary measures, sales will be back up by next season, along with Halloween celebrations. Kiran Galani, VOTV 10.