The origins of Halloween are thought to date back to the Roman or even pre-Roman Celtic times.
Only in the later middle age did the concept of begging for food become common at the time of Halloween.
What are we teaching the children of today by letting them essentially go begging for sweets? The site of gangs of small children being guided by a reluctant Mum or Dad around suburbia for a Mars bar is a bit depressing.
Does it not just reinforce a sense of entitlement?
At least the kids get some exercise by walking around for the sweets - oh no cancel that they have just been driven up to the door...
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