Last year I caused a firestorm by advocating that we save trick-or-treat and not accept trunk-or-treat. I respond to the criticism I received in this post.
Ryan- This is such an interesting article with trunk-or-treat at the forefront. Admittedly, I had never heard of trunk-or-treat until I came to America. And once I did, it sort of made me wonder: why not just ring the doorbell, then? Which definitely echoes some of the points you made here. I personally prefer the neighborhood feeling of trick-or-treat, where for one day a year, kids are allowed to be kids and ring at the neighbors' doorbells. It feels like it's a much more natural thing to do.
Thanks! Great to hear from you. My international students are always infatuated with Halloween and trick-or-treat. Such a fun American culture I get to share with them! Glad you are enjoying it too.
Ryan- This is such an interesting article with trunk-or-treat at the forefront. Admittedly, I had never heard of trunk-or-treat until I came to America. And once I did, it sort of made me wonder: why not just ring the doorbell, then? Which definitely echoes some of the points you made here. I personally prefer the neighborhood feeling of trick-or-treat, where for one day a year, kids are allowed to be kids and ring at the neighbors' doorbells. It feels like it's a much more natural thing to do.
Thanks! Great to hear from you. My international students are always infatuated with Halloween and trick-or-treat. Such a fun American culture I get to share with them! Glad you are enjoying it too.