Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Why is it called trunk or treat? Regular trick or treating isnt called 'front door or treat'.
Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Haha this brings back memories of going out to get candy. I used to always do a big section of my neighboorhood, then my parents would drive me up to one of the very rich ones for a last round. Back then we had to check candy, but needles, poisons etc was more or less an urban legend. It never really happened, but it was just something to check for "just in case". But with the way this world has gone crazy it probably happens regularly now. :/
I still say it's safe, just have to be very careful and inspect each individual candy before consuming. Anything suspicious is to be thrown out.
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I'm not sure how this is any different from what secular parents do. They don't have their kids out trick-or-treating.......they take their kids to their church....the shopping mall.
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Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I'm not sure how this is any different from what secular parents do. They don't have their kids out trick-or-treating.......they take their kids to their church....the shopping mall.
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good point, the Kansas City Zoo does this also, you bring your kids to the zoo and at each animal pen they give out candy
Originally posted by: PottedMeat
one theory: the people that set this up are pedos. they are trying to get kids used to getting free candy out of stranger's trunks.
'trunk or treat' is idiocy. if they're not even going house to house just take them to those candy bins in the supermarket.
13??! You finally got to go out on your own without parental supervision when you were a... teenager?!! lmao! I think the average age of trick or treaters in my area is somewhere around 8 or 9 years old, and the vast majority of kids beyond 1st or 2nd grade are out in groups with their friends. Heck, I wouldn't even let our kids go once they hit about 14.Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
wtf? It's not even any more dangerous nowadays than it was decades ago - just more fear mongering. My parents let my brothers and I trick or treat on our own when we were 13 or so - nothing bad happened.
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
As for why, well there's one good reason. It's damn cold by October 31st, so you aren't going to be taking your 2 year old out for a mile and half walk in the cold with just a thin layer of acrylic to keep them warm. So your options are to have them stay home or take them some place indoors like the mall or to an abbreviated outdoor event..