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Trick or treat is actually a social contract you give treats so kids don’t eggs your house
My family never really did Halloween.
I mean I kinda went trick-or-treating for the first 2 Halloweens in NYC, but then I just felt like it was too childish. But I was 10, idk who I'm calling childish, I was literally still a child, maybe its the social anxiety.
We never gave out candy (I mean... we were literally broke ourselves), and idk what this "you'll get egged" come from, that never happened.
Halloween is huge in the suburbs, not so much in the city. I lived in the city for almost 20 years and my doorbell never rang once on Halloween. People don't even really decorate.
The threat of a trick is just for fun, though. If someone answered the door, they are giving you candy. If they don't, oh well! To the next house! Pranks like throwing toilet paper or egging (way less common) was for friends, enemies, and random houses. And that was teenagers doing it, not trick or treaters.
I'm back in the suburbs this year and am really looking forward to it starting in 2 hours. I have a ton of candy and homemade dog treats! I'm gonna ask them what their trick would be...maybe I'll come back and share some of the funny ones.