Whatever happened to …

… tricks?

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Put down that candy and reminisce!

The cry is “Trick or Treat” as kids go from door to door collecting goodies in a regular world. It still happened a bit around here although it was recommended not to happen in certain places in the province.

But that’s OK. We’re going back … way back … to the days when you went trick or treating.

For the most part that I can remember, everyone had treats for us. And, when they ran out, they just turned out the lights and we moved on.

I do remember some of the older people in our neighbourhood who tried to have a bit of fun in the process and make it seem like there was a real chance that this would be an “either/or” situation.

What is your trick?

Now, we were prepared. It’s probably not very original but my mom would always give us a partly used bar of soap and our threat was that we would “soap your windows”. I actually don’t recall soaping anyone’s house window but I kind of remember walking alongside a car and help them get ready for a car wash on November 1.

I do remember an older story that involved an outhouse…

How is your memory for this day after Hallowe’en?

• When you went out, were you prepared to trick if you didn’t get any goodies?
• What was the trick that you were packing?
• Have you ever had someone trick your house?
• If you have kids, do you send them out prepared to do a trick?
• What great Hallowe’en tricks have you heard about?

Please share them in the comments below.

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