Begging from your neighbors

Trick or Treat!!
(translation: give us some candy or else…)

Kids begging for candy from neighbors … some call it a holiday.

But wait . . . they do it at Christmas, too!

Check out this snippet from a common Christmas carol:

…We have a little purse
Made of ratching leather skin;
We want some of your small change
To line it well within… (1)

And another one:

…Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some; We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here… (2)

Maybe Christmas and Halloween have something in common after all.

(1) Here We Come A-Wassailing (2) We Wish You a Merry Christmas