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Trick-or-treating—setting off on Halloween night in costume and ringing doorbells to demand treats—has been a tradition in the United States and other countries for more than a century. Its...
A child dressed as a skeleton trick-or-treating in Redford, Michigan, on October 31, 1979. Trick-or-treating is a traditional Halloween custom for children and adults in some countries.
Trick-or-treating became widespread in the U.S. after World War II, driven by the country's suburbanization that allowed kids to safely travel door to door seeking candy...
By the 1930s, North America had a new term for the old tradition: trick-or-treating. And as suburbanization grew in the 1950s, trick-or-treating grew into the kid-friendly practice it’s largely...
According to a Merriam-Webster blog post, research conducted by etymologist Barry Popik suggests the term “trick or treat” first appeared in the early 1920s, when several Canadian newspapers used...
Costumed trick-or-treating takes its inspiration from the Celtic holiday Samhain—“summer’s end” in Irish—more than 2,000 years ago. Samhain marked New Year’s Day and fell around ...
When did trick-or-treating start? The earliest mention of the phrase "trick or treat" and a description of the practice comes from a Canadian newspaper article in 1927. What is the meaning of Halloween?