Before Halloween gets too far behind us, I have a question. How did you approach houses for candy as a kid? In our neighborhood, kids knock and, once the door is open, they may or may not say trick-or-treat. That isn’t how it is done. The way we did it (the right way) was to approach the door and holler “trick-or-treat”. The whole point of the statement is that you are issuing a challenge. If the door opens and treats are given, all is well. If they don’t open the door, you are within your rights to dole out the tricks. As a small child being led around by my dad, I never had an opportunity to trick anyone, but I understood the mischievous spirit of the ritual.
we always said trick or treat! Kids now just think they automatically get the candy 
Oh wow, I really had to think for a second. Given that my trick o’ treating years are a long time ago and I don’t have any wee ones...but you’re right, you do yell trick or treat don’t you? Now it is knocking and a stale mumble of the phrase. It’s like saying How Are You without really caring for an answer.
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