Halloween began as a festival where people believed that the barrier between our world and the world of ghosts and spirits fell in order to reach them. This was a belief that mainly occurred in Europe. The idea of Halloween spread to other countries, but for most countries it meant a different thing to them.
The United States has made Halloween into a celebration for candy, haunted houses, and dressing up. The phrase “Trick or Treat” is a familiar phrase around Halloween time meaning that if you do not give a treat you will receive a trick. Some people however do not realize some people that are supposed to give the treat are giving the trick and not giving real candy to the children.
There have been multiple cases where people are in fact giving out dangerous “candy”. They make it look like candy when it is actually drugs, stuff sharp in it like pins or razors, or something poisonous. Why some people do this I do not understand. This does happen and parents need to keep a look out for this. The scariest part of this fake candy is that a lot of times you can not tell it is fake.
There is a way to check your kids candy for these scary things. In a lot of towns either the police department or the fire department will hold a candy scanning thing on Halloween. This is a free thing you can use in order to make sure your kids do not receive a trick in their candy
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