Why trick or treat

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Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Definition of trick or treat. Other Words from trick or treat trick-or-treat intransitive verb trick-or-treated ; trick-or-treating ; trick-or-treats I drive home at lunch and pick the boys up for trick-or-treating.

Marcus is a rancher and Howie's an accountant. He's wearing thick fake lips and carrying a ledger. The Park's the only safe place to trick-or-treat anymore. Paul Fishman Apr 4, Trick or Treat is also connected to the panhandlers on the street begging for money. The reason is they can pull a trick on you. Instead offer them to buy them food. If they accept it thats good. If not then move on and Don't let the demon be manifested and you get in trouble or danger dealing with panhandlers who are also Trick or Treaters.

Apr 5, Tyler Mar 10, I know. Trick or Treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat. Tania Oct 23, Nov 12, Hi Tania! Mar 13, Nov 2, Thanks for joining the discussion, Timmy!

We're glad to hear from you! Landon Oct 31, Nov 1, Thanks for joining us, Landon! We've certainly heard of a few tricksters on Halloween! Oct 28, We hope you learned something new about Halloween, oh! Ruby Oct 9, Thank you, you helped me so much in my S. E lesson. Oct 10, You're very welcome, Ruby! We're really glad we could help!

Ryley Oct 9, Do you actually do a trick on the person if they don't give you a treat??? That was the idea, Ryley! Nowadays, it seems like it's all about the treats!

Oct 2, May 31, MEDA Dec 2, I think trick or treat means are you gonna trick me or are you just going to give me a treat But thanks for all the wonderful wonders u make. Apr 12, Thanks for joining the discussion, sai! Jan 5, Hi, cora! We're glad you enjoyed this Wonder, too! Dec 3, Thanks for sharing, MEDA! Peyton Nov 12, This wonder is awesome.

I hope other people read it. Nov 13, Sreenidhi Nov 7, The part I found the most interesting was when they said Scottish people celebrated it I was stunned because they made all of America celebrate which is great. Nov 9, Sreenidhi Nov 10, You're very welcome! Thanks for stopping by Wonderopolis again today! Nov 6, Hi, juan! Thanks for your comment! Zach Nov 6, Alyssa Nov 5, This article is cool but I did not get to go trick or treating this year Alyssa Nov 15, No, I didn't.

Thanks for hoping!!!! Nov 16, It's fun reading Wonders about the different holidays! Ellison Nov 4, We hope you had fun exploring this Wonder! Sakiya Bieber Nov 4, Thanks, keith! We appreciate the feedback! We're glad you liked this Wonder! Great job reading the Wonder so closely. Alexandria lee Nov 4, I really liked the article because it gave you the definition of trick or treating and why you go do that. Max Nov 2, This is cool,I just went trick-or-treating yesterday. Thanks a lot of candy!

We hope you don't eat it all at once! Cool KId Nov 4, Nov 3, Hi, Max! We hope you had lots of fun trick-or-treating! Don't eat all your candy at once! Chloe Phillips Nov 2, Chloe Nov 2, I loved this article. But I believe that they say trick-or-treat because if you give us candy than we will not trick you. But if you don't, than its a trick that you will soon see!

Jimmy Nov 2, It says I have rated this wonder 4 stars on every wonder how do I stop that? Jimmy Nov 4, I don't know trick or treat came in Vanda thanks alot. Roger Nov 2, Wonderopolis Feb 10, WOlfygirl Nov 2, Wonderopolis Nov 4, Megan Dec 1, This wonder was really cool. I didn't know that trick or treating was only about 58 years old!

I'm wondering more about All Souls day and Hollowmas. I don't know about you, but Hallowmas sounds like Halloween and Christmas celebrated on the same day! I'm sure that's not right though! Wonderopolis Dec 2, They pretend not to be home on Halloween. Yet another reason by the United States is happy to be free from British rule.

No fun. Yes i find interesting because I learned it but never celebrated it. In the mideval times poor people use to knocked on doors and ask for food and money.

The part that i most fine that is interesting is when they how Halloween. The most surprising thing was when brits turn off there lights and pretend that they are not home but they really are. The most surprising part of the history of trick or treating is when the passage said how humans disguise as demon so the real demon as they say would not think they are humans.

The history of trick or treating i find most surprising is that the British hate Halloween. The part history of trick or treating i find most surprising is that British people hate halloween i find it surprising because i thought everybody liked Halloween and never knew that British people hated such thing.

Teacher Sign Up. The history of trick or treating is weirder than you thought. Assign to Google Classroom. Please log in to post a comment. Morton writes that people in the American middle class often were anxious to imitate their British cousins, which would explain a short story printed in that painted Halloween as an English holiday celebrated by children with fortune-telling and games to win treats. A popular 18th- and 19th-century Christmas custom called belsnickling in the eastern areas of the U.

Some belsnicklers even deliberately frightened young children at houses before asking if they had been good enough to earn a treat. Some people offered candy as a way to protect their homes from pranksters, who might wreak havoc by disassembling farm equipment and reassembling it on a rooftop.

By the early 20th century, some property owners had even begun to fight back and lawmakers encouraged communities to keep children in check with wholesome fun. Trick-or-treating became widespread in the U. The rapid development of suburban neighborhoods where it was easier than ever for kids to travel from house to house also fueled the rise of the tradition. In the s, Halloween imagery and merchandising started to reflect that popularity, and the holiday became more consumerist.

Costumes went from simple, homemade attire mimicking ghosts and pirates to mass-produced costumes of beloved TV and movie characters. By the mid 20th century, Halloween tricks of old had all but disappeared. Children just wanted candy and homeowners with their house lights on gave it to them. Those that preferred to avoid candy-giving entirely kept their lights off.

But even as Halloween became a wholesome family activity, urban myths arose in the s that generated concern about whether it was really all that safe for kids to take candy from strangers.

That incident gave rise to educational programs telling children to throw away unwrapped treats, and a shift toward commercial wrapped candy, earning an incidental win for candy manufacturers. Since the rise of trick-or-treating after World War II, chocolate has reigned supreme as the most popular sweet to hand out.