As kids, my sibs and I never experienced trick or
treating. There were no costumes and
knocking at neighbors’ gates for us. (In
any case my strict parents would never have allowed us out of the house in the
first place.)
Unlike today, department stores did not outdo themselves
with cobwebs and macabre display of frightful masks. Radio and teevee stations went on with
regular broadcasting and nary a mention of Halloween. No biggie.
