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Beggars Night, or Beggars' Night, is a regional term for the practice of going "Trick or Treat" in the period before Halloween night. Beggars Night emerged to address security concerns over young children involved in unsupervised Trick-or-Treating. Instead, younger children were encouraged to Trick-or-Treat on another night, before Halloween.
In 2023, some cities chose to celebrate Beggars' Night even earlier than Oct. 30, holding the annual celebration on the last Saturday of October instead of on a week night.
Most other cities have followed suit and will be moving Beggars' Night trick-or-treating to Thursday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m., due to the weather forecast in the metro area.
The tradition of Beggar's Night started in 1938 in Des Moines to curb vandalism after police received a record 550 calls. For over 80 years, the city of Des Moines and much of the metro have ...
Oct. 21—Beggars Night — or trick-or-treat night — will be held in many communities on Thursday, Oct. 28, or Sunday, Oct. 31. Trick-or-treat schedule 2021 Is trick-or-treating happening in ...
For most communities, trick or treat, called Beggars' Night by some, is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, or Halloween night. Some areas, however, have adjusted trick or treat hours to ...
It had its origins with Ragamuffin Day (known in some jurisdictions as Beggars Day), a celebration as part of Thanksgiving, which involved children going door-to-door seeking candy, dressed as beggars and homeless residents of New York. Ragamuffin Day was a predecessor to Halloween, which rose in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s.
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