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19. poison candy and foreign objects are mostly urban legends

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 02:45 PM

Oct 2019

Which is not to say it didn't have great currency, and widespread acceptance .. even in official ranks and office holders .. which didn't help at all. And then add on the "better safe than sorry" mentality.

Yeah .. there might be a stray freak or two out there (isn't there always?). And a handful of hoaxers (isn't there always?). But basically this a "thing" that didn't really happen.

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Halloween when you were a kid: fun, not fun, never did it, etc ? [View all] steve2470 Oct 2019 OP

Fun (also, no one x-rays candy. Lol!) demmiblue Oct 2019 #1

I read somewhere that some parents were going to hospitals to X-ray candy steve2470 Oct 2019 #2

no it just happened later qazplm135 Oct 2019 #5

It defintely is a "thing"--just not during the time period of the OP (nor even several years later) hlthe2b Oct 2019 #8

yes I never heard of it when I was a child, and only starting maybe in the 1980's ? nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #9

Speaking for myself, it seemed to be one of those over-produced TV scare stories. demmiblue Oct 2019 #13

In your wildest imagination, can you envision hundreds of parents, lining up outside the E.R., 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #30

yes excellent points nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #38

No, This Actually RobinA Oct 2019 #69

Yes, I believe it was. I never, ever saw or heard of families in our town amywalk Oct 2019 #72

I love sweets so fun qazplm135 Oct 2019 #3

great costume! nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #17

Loved it! Always made our own costumes and makeup. Also remember collecting pennies for unicef Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #4

yes! imagine that today. unblock Oct 2019 #10

Not sure if they still do it. Certainly not in my area. I do recall a few years ago reading letters Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #14

yes I remember the little UNICEF cartons, I never collected very much steve2470 Oct 2019 #12

So much fun! Did it every year until I was 12 in 1964. 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2019 #6

Always turned so cold we had to cover our costumes with coats--bummer. hlthe2b Oct 2019 #7

Yes... I hated wearing a coat LeftInTX Oct 2019 #52

what are you talking about? the free razor blades was the best part! unblock Oct 2019 #11

old enough to shave? and still trick-or-treating? stopdiggin Oct 2019 #15

As kids we did black face for trick or treat. That was in the 50's. So much of what we did was wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #16

Fun, for the most part Ohiogal Oct 2019 #18

I always thought it was fun, but I remember one year when it was very cold, my parents made me smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #55

poison candy and foreign objects are mostly urban legends stopdiggin Oct 2019 #19

Halloween, 1978 - Luke Skywalker. Aristus Oct 2019 #20

Loved it! I started about 1957. We went in a small group of just kids. What a great way to have dameatball Oct 2019 #21

Lived in a small farming town TlalocW Oct 2019 #22

yup remember the plastic costumes. EricaGriswoldAuthor Oct 2019 #47

We always had the day after Halloween out of school - so we did it up big time rurallib Oct 2019 #23

My friend and I used to go to the rich neighborhood where they gave out the full sized candy bars ProudLib72 Oct 2019 #24

We trick or treated for Texasgal Oct 2019 #25

I did that too radical noodle Oct 2019 #36

The complete idiocy of the "razor blade in candy" nonsense... jberryhill Oct 2019 #26

excellent points, yes nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #39

Ranks right up there with the missing kids on the milk cartons. llmart Oct 2019 #62

In the fifties. Fun. Baton twirling majorette. Ma had to put an empty sprinkleeninow Oct 2019 #27

Well,not exactly a kid,.. Permanut Oct 2019 #28

only did it when I was in America Skittles Oct 2019 #29

My favorite holiday hands down. MontanaMama Oct 2019 #31

In our town, it started with the costume parade assembly at the elementary school. 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #32

Loved every minute of it as a kid. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #33

Yep. I'm 60 and did it until I was about 10 as well. Maybe 11. PatrickforO Oct 2019 #34

In that instance, I think we can all safely say things were better steve2470 Oct 2019 #66

I always did Trick or Treat for UNICEF radical noodle Oct 2019 #35

#1 Miss Willie Mae's home made popcorn balls yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #37

Yes indeed shadowmayor Oct 2019 #54

My siblings and I always found things to make our own costumes and marched in the parade and ran all appleannie1 Oct 2019 #40

Oh yes, I'm 67 and Fundamentalists hadn't turned against Haloween when I was a kid. lark Oct 2019 #41

33 and still dress up... EricaGriswoldAuthor Oct 2019 #42

We had "mischief night" before Halloween randr Oct 2019 #43

We would call ahead and only go to people we knew IronLionZion Oct 2019 #44

Meh. Blue_playwright Oct 2019 #45

We did not celebrate Halloween when my mom was a Jehovah's Witness. hunter Oct 2019 #46

"Trick or treat for Unicef" oswaldactedalone Oct 2019 #48

when my late mom was a litle girl( great depression era 1.0) she would listen to spookey shows on AllaN01Bear Oct 2019 #49

Great fun bottomofthehill Oct 2019 #50

We were not allowed any candy that was not wrapped or things like applegrove Oct 2019 #51

Fun...I'm almost 63 LeftInTX Oct 2019 #53

1960's - Lame, uncomfortable, store-bought costumes, mostly crappy candy, cold weather. ThoughtCriminal Oct 2019 #56

A family from Poland moved in across the street a week or two before Halloween world wide wally Oct 2019 #57

Fun and safe for us wnylib Oct 2019 #58

Fun. My mom made great costumes LakeArenal Oct 2019 #59

Halloween fun in the 40's northoftheborder Oct 2019 #60

I celebrated Halloween as a kid, and still do Niagara Oct 2019 #61

I only got to go trick or treating a couple of years. llmart Oct 2019 #63

Recall fondly benld74 Oct 2019 #64

Anyone know what Corning a House is? benld74 Oct 2019 #65

Haloween as a kid in the DFW area imavoter Oct 2019 #67

It was really fun in the late 50s. Mr.Bill Oct 2019 #68

I'm 62 RobinA Oct 2019 #70

My brother and I did it until we were in our 30s! bif Oct 2019 #71