trick or treating

Dad’s girlfriend grounds 3 and 5-year-old kids for making a mess while carving pumpkins, demanding their mom not take them trick-or-treating: ‘My children were crying their eyes out over this.’

They don’t deserve such a harsh punishment. Halloween is one of the most magical nights of your childhood, and for good reason! You get to wear a cool costume and acquire as much candy as humanly possible, and it only comes once a year! You only get a finite number of Halloweens where you’re emboldened …
Seguir leyendo Dad’s girlfriend grounds 3 and 5-year-old kids for making a mess while carving pumpkins, demanding their mom not take them trick-or-treating: ‘My children were crying their eyes out over this.’

There’s an episode of That 70s Show entitled «Too Old To Trick or Treat Too Young To Díe» and I think about that all the time. It’s such a poignant phrase. At a certain point in one’s life, you lose the ability to trick or treat. You probably didn’t notice it when it was happening, …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old girlfriend insists on going trick-or-treating with 25-year-old boyfriend on Halloween, he thinks it’s weird: ‘I don’t want to be a buzzkill’

If you grew up in suburban USA, you probably have strong opinions on Trunk or Treating versus Trick or Treating. If you were born before 2000 and have no idea what Trunk or Treating even is, consider yourself lucky. You probably had a normal, wonderful childhood that was not heavily influenced by stranger danger fear. …
Seguir leyendo Contrarian claims ‘Trunk or Treating’ style of Halloween is superior to traditional Trick or Treating: ‘I love not having knocks all hours of the night from kids asking for candy.’