Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick?
CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 days ago
Mark Twain talks about tipping over outhouse and other pranks as the main activity on Halloween. So I guess if we assume he’s an honest narrator of his time (definitely in doubt…) then trick or treating is a mass extortion
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 day ago
According to this he wasn’t exaggerating. Tricks, pranks, theft and vandalism used to be the default; candy (and organised parties) was introduced to placate the rowdies.