They aren’t scared they’re just in it for sweets. The now-extinguished penny-for-the-guy, by comparison, offered a simpler, less costly and more direct transaction between kids and adults: handfuls of loose change given in tribute, for the stuffing of old clothes and tights with balled up newspaper.īut it’s also the way that trick-or-treating leaches any real sense of fear from the traditions of Halloween – for the kids at least. I hate the fact that supermarkets cashing in twice over, with the rinky-dink witch and zombie costumes shelved right next to the bags of orange and black themed candy. It’s partly the arrant commercialism of the event. There are worse things in the world, but still I do get riled at the rise of trick-or-treating in the UK.
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