Do we even know what it means to trick? or what "treat" means?
Do we even know when and where it originally started?
In the US it was during the 1950s.
It was seen in Ireland and Scotland a century before.
In the Philippines, it was seen only a few years ago - maybe it began after a group of people or parents watched a lot of Full House when they were growing.
Or maybe a group of people or parents watched a lot of Hannah Montana when their kids were growing up and so they thought it would be kool to acclimate themselves to a culture that's not their own.
Or maybe they wanted to belong to a culture that isn't even theirs and they are doing so by rote, by image; by the image they see of kids trick or treating somewhere in another country out there. And they think it would be hip to do the same thing too.
Or maybe a group of people or parents watched a lot of Hannah Montana when their kids were growing up and so they thought it would be kool to acclimate themselves to a culture that's not their own.
Or maybe they wanted to belong to a culture that isn't even theirs and they are doing so by rote, by image; by the image they see of kids trick or treating somewhere in another country out there. And they think it would be hip to do the same thing too.
So they do.
It's not practiced everywhere in the country right? Or is it? I hope not.
If it is, why?
We're not Americans.
We have Undas.
We dont trick people to give us treats. We visit our dead. Sometimes the dead trick us to visit them, maybe through guilt or a ghostly apparition. That's the nearest we could get to trick or treating. There's no treat, just tricks.
I don't get it.
Though I think I know why little kids are being hauled by their parents to dress up and ask for candies from their bosses / employers / from house to house -- it's cute.
Parents could dress their kids up like devils / carrots / dwarves and the kids wouldn't mind.
The kids don't even know what's going on. They don't even care. The kids think their parents are doing it for their own good.
Kids are clueless. They think this is tradition, this is something they should do. And their equally clueless parents think the same way. Thus the trick or treating.
Parents could dress their kids up like devils / carrots / dwarves and the kids wouldn't mind.
The kids don't even know what's going on. They don't even care. The kids think their parents are doing it for their own good.
Kids are clueless. They think this is tradition, this is something they should do. And their equally clueless parents think the same way. Thus the trick or treating.
But who's tricking who?
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