Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children
on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats
such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The
word "trick" refers to "threat" to perform mischief on the
homeowners or their property if no treat is given. The practice is said to have
roots in the medieval practice of mumming. Mumming,
practiced in Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe, involved masked
persons in fancy dress who "paraded the streets and entered houses to
dance or play dice in silence.
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