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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32076472

In a first since 1938, Des Moines, Iowa, kids will trick-or-treat on Halloween

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[–] eerongal@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 weeks ago

There's a handful of places around the Midwest that do beggars night. The main reason I've heard was that it was to stop children from pulling pranks like egging/TPing houses, which honestly makes no sense to me. You just freed up their entire Halloween night for that by having trick or treating on a different day