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Originally posted by Pangur Ban:
Oct 31 is the eve of All Saints Day. It is also supposed to be the day when the veils between the physical world and the spiritual world are at their thinnest, thus allowing spooks, ghosts, hobgoblins, etc, an opportunity to visit ...
I'm not quite sure where the door knocking and candy bit came from, though.
Pangrrr.
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Maybe it comes from some kids dressing up like ghosts to scare gullible people into thinking that supernatural creatures actually HAD come to their door and then demanding candy not to haunt their houses?