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Trick-or-treating is a traditional Halloween custom for children and adults in some countries. During the evening of Halloween, on October 31, people in costumes travel from house to house, asking for treats with the phrase "trick or treat".
Trick-or-treating is not widely popular because similar activities are already undertaken during Carnival. The slight rise in popularity of Halloween in Greece has led to some increase in its popularity throughout nearby countries in the Balkans and Cyprus.
The thousands of Halloween postcards produced between the turn of the 20th century and the 1920s commonly show children but not trick-or-treating. [180] Trick-or-treating does not seem to have become a widespread practice in North America until the 1930s, with the first US appearances of the term in 1934, [181] and the first use in a national ...
Trick-or-treating is a popular Halloween activity celebrated throughout America, but did you know it had its spooky start in ancient Celtic times to ward away evil spirits? Halloween's ancient ...
Trick-or-Treat Tourism: According to this survey, nearly three in four Americans who plan to go trick-or-treating this Halloween (74%) will do so in their own neighborhood, ...
Somerset Trick-or-Treat: Wednesday, Oct. 25, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Businesses in Somerset will have their doors open, offering treats and games. Wheatsfield Co-op: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 ...
The traditions of Fastelavn vary somewhat by country and by local region, as some traditions have changed over time. A common theme of Fastelavn in all the countries currently involves children dressing up in costumes, walking door to door while they sing and gathering treats for the Fastelavn feast, a form of trick-or-treating. [4]
In the United States, Nepal and some other countries, UNICEF is known for its "Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF" program in which children collect money for UNICEF from the houses they trick-or-treat on Halloween night, sometimes instead of candy. The program was discontinued in Canada in 2006. [20]