The History of Trick-or-Treating! - Bites of History | Ep. 56 

How I’ve missed these 😁 great ep

I reeeaaally like this one. You told us the history so well!

“as we always come back to, world war 2 had a major impact on trick or treating” is so funny out of context

Grew up in NJ. We still have Mischief Night. It wasn’t until I moved out of NJ that I realized it wasn’t a common thing throughout the rest of America. 😂

Wait, wait wait... youre telling me, mischief night came BEFORE trick or treating???? 🤯🤯

Can we get a history on Christmas/ Yuletide? ☺️ Possibly how foods such as ham, etc. became staple Christmas foods. Love your content always!

I was wondering what trunk or treat was! My hometown is doing that this year and I was sooo confused 😂 Never been trick or treating before 😮‍💨

another great part of trick or treating is allowing kids to express themselves creatively with costumes, decorating, etc

To add to the cyanide story, iirc, the dad had taken his kid(s) and a neighbor kid/friend out trick or treating to have less suspicion on him. The extra kid didn’t eat their candy right away because it was hard to get the staples out of the opening, so it was able to be tested after news had come out

Let's gooo 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻❤❤❤❤ so happy the pod is back

So mad I was actually just wondering where trick or treating came from the other night! I'm Irish so obviously I know about Samhain but I'm interested to learn about this specifically!🎃 Also fun fact in Ireland it's traditional to carve turnips rather than pumpkins

Thank you for getting me through a particularly hectic work day. "Bites of History" for the win!

The bellsnicking portion seems like a great setup for a horror film. Kind of a Strangers/Purge vibe lol.

Did you know the pixie stick story happened in our neighborhood in Pasadena? Really fucked up trick or treating when we were teens.

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Irene this made me so dang happy!!!!!! I loved learning about the Celtic origins!!!

yayyy im so happy i could cry i dont want to trauma dump but the last year has been *HARD* to say the least. i havent felt myself for so long, i am so happy to see you're posts