It's weird, I know I'm a bit younger than you, but I ALWAYS remember trick or treating. But then I grew up in Scotland until I was 8, and the other day I heard someone make a comment about how Halloween is a bigger deal in Scotland than in England. I'd never really been aware of that before, but maybe that is part of it?
I'm sure trick or treating is a bit different in Scotland too (or at least it was in the 80s!). We all had to tell a funny halloween joke to get whatever goodies people were handing out. And invariably those goodies ended up being about 50% monkey nuts. And when we moved to the north of England I seem to remember being puzzled my first halloween there by neighbours handing out pennies....
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Date: 2010-10-29 10:33 pm (UTC)I'm sure trick or treating is a bit different in Scotland too (or at least it was in the 80s!). We all had to tell a funny halloween joke to get whatever goodies people were handing out. And invariably those goodies ended up being about 50% monkey nuts. And when we moved to the north of England I seem to remember being puzzled my first halloween there by neighbours handing out pennies....