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Originally Posted by HarryT
Is it really any different to the commercial exploitation of religious festivals such as Christmas and All Saints' Day? How many people who engaged in "Trick or Treating" last week considered that they were commercially exploiting All Saints' Day, so you think?
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All Hallow's Eve was celebrated as Samhain long before the Christians got a hold of it. Trick or treating is actually a fairly modern custom (dates from the 50s, according to one article I read), but dressing up and making vegetables into lanterns is really quite old.