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It seems we are having an early fall troll infection, either that or folks cannot grasp common sense.
One more time.. as stated you can do whatever you want.. dress up, go trick or treating.. maybe your neighbors will give you some leftovers... whose stopping you?
It seems we are having an early fall troll infection, either that or folks cannot grasp common sense.
C'mon Dave, the OP has never heard of this custom just like most people haven't. It sounds unique to NH or maybe they do this in Vermont, too? Is this mostly confined to the Manchester area?
C'mon Dave, the OP has never heard of this custom just like most people haven't. It sounds unique to NH or maybe they do this in Vermont, too? Is this mostly confined to the Manchester area?
That I can get, to continually harp on it after both it and ways to change it have been explained.. nah. We explain, thus we are deluded?
Wow. You guys are seriously confused/deluded. So, to be clear, "freedom" means that I can't decide for myself whether it's safe to participate in a custom that has been well established in the United States for almost a century?
That I can get, to continually harp on it after both it and ways to change it have been explained.. nah. We explain, thus we are deluded?
Wow. You guys are seriously confused/deluded. So, to be clear, "freedom" means that I can't decide for myself whether it's safe to participate in a custom that has been well established in the United States for almost a century?
I don't think he was "harping on it", he said he was confused because he never heard of such a thing.
The New England tradition of setting a date and time is nearly as old as "trick or treat" itself.
He is harping on it, and is likely trolling.
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Originally Posted by CaseyB
C'mon Dave, the OP has never heard of this custom just like most people haven't. It sounds unique to NH or maybe they do this in Vermont, too? Is this mostly confined to the Manchester area?
Announcing a date other than October 31st for Trick-or-Treat is itself a New England tradition which dates back half a century, and is common in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
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Originally Posted by Portsmouth Herald
...area residents are advised to lay in goodies for tonight’s invasion of small fry celebrating Halloween with ‘trick-or-treat night... (October 30, 1961)
The same NHPR article quotes an American cultural historian David J. Skal "cities started encouraging trick or treating, even before the term was used, in the 1930s to channel Halloween rowdyism and vandalism into something controllable". So the New England tradition of setting a date and time is nearly as old as trick or treating.
Announcing a date other than October 31st for Trick-or-Treat is itself a New England tradition which dates back half a century, and is common in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
The same NHPR article quotes an American cultural historian David J. Skal "cities started encouraging trick or treating, even before the term was used, in the 1930s to channel Halloween rowdyism and vandalism into something controllable". So the New England tradition of setting a date and time is nearly as old as trick or treating.
I've lived in Mass. all my life and I never heard of it in any town.
most folks I know don't bother with traditional Halloween ( ie ringing doorbells..etc ) most go to events like haunted hayrides and theme parties
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The New England tradition of setting a date and time is nearly as old as "trick or treat" itself.
