I suppose, as part of an old tradition. I however don't think that inherently makes it a danger.

Halloween in my neighbourhood is just plain scary, and not the festive kind of scary either. We had some guy yell trick or treat in our letterbox but when I looked out the window he was standing there with about 5 friends and one of them had a cricket bat. Luckily my dad decided to come home from work just that moment and "accidently" hit one of them with his car.

You could say trick or treat is just begging but that's like saying wanting presents on your birthday is begging, it's just another traditional event that has gone out of hand due to the media or marketing.

Yes, there are college students who still trick or treat. It is almost an sense of entitlement.

Ok, so we are starting debates in class today and i'm suppose to tell the class why Halloween IS a form of begging. So, if you were to support halloween being a form of begging. what would you say?

Of course it's begging - the first wave started ringing the doorbell tonight and, as I didn't have any kind of sweets, gave money instead. Which was eagerly taken with mother watching from the pavement! If the children only called at friends, neighbours and relatives, you could call it fun. Calling on perfect strangers, it's plain begging and only the poor with unscrupulous parents do it.

Just noticed how this forum works: the more you support Trick or Treat, the more points you get. You should have said !!!!

But it is an innocent form of begging for candy. Children love Halloween.