As of September 7, 2017
In bygone days Halloween in the United States meant hayrides, parties with games like bobbing for apples, walks at midnight through spooky graveyards, and playing slightly mean tricks on your neighbors - a practice which developed into Trick or Treat during the 1920s.
By the time my generation came along in the 1940s after World War II much of the 'tricking' was gone from the holiday although quite a few times my group and I were guilty of knocking on doors and then running away.
For Halloween in 2017, let's hope that 'tricks' are a thing of the past and it's all 'treats' this season.
Here are a few vintage Halloween artworks from the very early days of "Trick or Treat".
Happy Halloween:
May your Tricks be very, very small
& your Treats be large enough for all!
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