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Sudden-Possible3263 t1_itkmajk wrote

Now Halloween here has become Americanised, it's changed just in the last 20years

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EduinBrutus t1_itmm1m5 wrote

To be fair, the only meaningful difference between American Halloween and traditional Scottish Halloween is that you just demand the sweets instead of performing for them and you carve a pumpkin instead of a neep.

It#s really just the same thing. The loss of the performance is disappointing, for sure. But overall, its clearly still the same tradition.

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newbiesaccout t1_itmxmee wrote

The costume is thought of as the performance now, I think. Some refuse to give candy to those who are too old or not dressed up

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anythingyouwant4 t1_itn31z0 wrote

I'm currently living in St Louis Missouri USA where the tradition is that trick or treaters must tell a joke in order to earn their treat.

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Vintagemuse t1_itnljta wrote

That’s so Interesting! I’m in Cincinnati area and we don’t do that here.

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Mrhere_wabeer t1_itn6spk wrote

People have been celebrating it more than just 20 years. Try the 60s if not even before that. It's not a new thing

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Sudden-Possible3263 t1_itystar wrote

Up where I am it's only recently been Americanised, up till 10/20 years ago they still called it guising and used a neep, now it's trick or treating and a pumpkin, even how kids go door to door has changed

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Xx69JdawgxX t1_itnizuj wrote

When I was a kid my buddy's mom was from Scotland she told us people would go from house to house drinking. Like you'd go to your neighbors house then everyone would walk to the next and so on and so on, gathering up more folks for the party. Any truth to this?

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Sudden-Possible3263 t1_itysxiv wrote

There might have been the odd party with alcohol involved but not so much door to door with the adults, the kids did this. It's maybe different in other parts. Hogmanay was when the door to door was happening

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