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?

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[hatter.livejournal.com]

It isn't. When "going round the neighbourhood" was synonymous with "going to see everyone we know in the neighbourhood" it made sense. I tend to ignore them, and not (just) because I'm a grumpy old git - these days it's just really not safe to entirely trust anything a stranger gives you, or go to their door without anyone who can protect you. Not so much an indictment of modern times, more of parents who these days allow it, when a generation or two ago they never would have - when very occassionally, that weird wo/man that people avoided really was someone that should be avoided.


the hatter