Trick or Treat

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

I might be being overly fastidious, but why is it acceptable for children to go around strangers houses begging for sweets? Why is it acceptable for children to beg at all?

Comments

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

What used to be a corrupted custom is now just aggravated begging. However, it remains acceptable, because it's tradition, and apparently tradition is what makes Britain Great. On the assumption that it hasn't actually done anything worthwhile in the last few decades.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

We're not even following all the traditions though, we haven't invaded France for more than half a century now.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

That's because France invaded "us" in 1066 and won.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I think that was really another bunch of people who had also invaded France (and a bunch of other places to boot). & the tradition dates from after then not before anyway.