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

[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.