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Originally Posted by lene1949
What's the history behind this?
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Good question! I had to go to Wiki to find out myself!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_or_treat
gives a great history of the event.
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The people who knocked last night were just standing there... Aren't they supposed to say something?
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They are supposed to shout 'Trick or treat!' This means that either you give them some sort of treat or they will play a trick on you. The treats ranged from mini candy bars, popcorn balls, candy apples, Hershey's Kisses, etc. There weren't 'tricks' done if no treats were given, but there was often quite a bit of mild vandalism done by older kids, teens, who were too old for candy gathering.
Throwing eggs at houses and cars, dumping sacks of flour on lawns, squirting shaving cream at each other, etc. At the extreme end, sometime a group of kids would get together to 'TP a house.' This involved throwing rolls of toilet paper like streamers over a house, bushes, trees, etc.. With enough kids throwing enough rolls, they could turn an entire location white. Needless to say, it takes forever to clean this up, especially if there is a light rain...
Stitchawl