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EduinBrutus t1_itmm1m5 wrote

Reply to comment by Sudden-Possible3263 in Halloween in Scotland: 13 ancient customs and concepts of Celtic Halloween by MeatballDom

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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