Subj : halloween not a common th
To   : Jay Harris
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Oct 21 2022 23:30:00

Hello Jay!

** On Friday 21.10.22 - 04:56, you wrote to me:

 JH> One year our immediate next door neighbours moved away and
 JH> a couple from Europe moved in (I really don't know where
 JH> from), we knocked on their door and yelled "Trick or
 JH> Treat!" and they looked so confused.  We (my sister & I)
 JH> explained how it worked and they gave us something sweet
 JH> from their kitchen and we went on our way.  The next year
 JH> they opened the door, yelled "We're not participating this
 JH> year!" and slammed the door in our faces.

Did you do your part with the "trick"?  :D

There is an etiquette now, (or even back then).  Trick or treat  
homes were obvious: decorations, lights on, other kids at the  
doors collecting candy, etc.  If a house was dark and no signs  
of halloween trick-or-treak spirit, then that house was to be  
skipped.

In the country it could even be harder. But then it was who you  
knew most of the time.
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  ../|ug

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