Today we tell a story History of Trick-or-Treating

Today we tell a story History of Trick-or-Treating

Borrowing from European traditions, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go house to

house asking for food or money, a practice that eventually became today’s “trick-or-treat” tradition.

Young women believed that on Halloween they could divine the name or appearance of their future

husband by doing tricks with yarn, apple parings or mirrors.

In the late 1800s, there was a move in America to mold Halloween into a holiday more about community

 and neighborly get-togethers than about ghosts, pranks and witchcraft. At the turn of the century, Halloween

parties for both children and adults became the most common way to celebrate the day. Parties focused on games,

 foods of the season and festive costumes.

Parents were encouraged by newspapers and community leaders to take anything

 “frightening” or “grotesque” out of Halloween celebrations.

 Because of these efforts, Halloween lost most of its superstitious and religious

overtones by the beginning of the twentieth century.

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