Halloween

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From 101lifeStyle.com

Trick Or Treat:
Trick-O-Treat is a typical custom for children on Halloween when children disguise themselves in different costumes and go in large groups or accompanied by an adult, from door to door in the neighborhood, asking the question, "Trick-O-Treat"? The treat is usually candies, gifts, treats and in some cultures, money, given by homeowners in return for entertainment. The trick is usually an idle threat to perform some mischief on the homeowners or to their property.

This customary tradition of Halloween has been practiced in North America since the late 1950s. The tradition however originated from "souling" - a practice prevalent In Britain and Ireland during the late medieval times. The poor people and children would go door to door on Hallowmas (November 1), receiving food in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls Day (November 2). Disguising in different costumes and masks at Halloween goes back to the Celtic times when people would try to placate the evil spirits by wearing different costumes. In Scotland, young men impersonated the dead by wearing masks, blackening their faces or wearing white. The custom of "Guising" when children and the poor disguised themselves in costumes and went from house to house for food and coins, also influenced the custom of trick-o-treat, and is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895, where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit and money. Although this practice was common among the Irish, recently in North America, children have the custom of asking "Trick or Treat?" Apart from North America, Trick-o-treat also has gained popularity in United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, and northwestern and central Mexico. In Mexico however, this customary practice is called calaverita, where a calaverita is a small skull made of sugar or chocolate. In UK, the phrase grew in popularity from the 80s.

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