My sister tells me that telling jokes to earn one's treat for Halloween is a Des Moines thing. People in the DC area don't do it. Really?
Do children/people tell a joke for a treat on Halloween, in the area you currently live in?
Always. Make them work for it (but not very hard).
1(2.6%)
Sometimes.
0(0.0%)
No, they just say "Trick or treat".
20(51.3%)
No, they just expect a treat without saying anything.
2(5.1%)
No. No one here goes trick-or-treating.
6(15.4%)
I don't know - no one comes to my door.
6(15.4%)
I don't know - I never answer the doorbell on Halloween.
1(2.6%)
Other, to be explained in a comment.
3(7.7%)
Do children/people say "trick or treat" when they come to the door on Halloween, in the area where you currently live?
Always
11(52.4%)
Sometimes
10(47.6%)
Never
0(0.0%)
What's the best joke you've heard this Halloween (if any)?
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Black is black and green is green,
Spare a penny for Hallowe'en?
I'm normally not home on Halloween in North London, but I think I recall the few trick or treaters I ever had over the years I've been here saying "trick or treat"... but that might just be me assuming they did and creating a memory for myself of it!
I can ask my sister what the trick or treating standard is in North Carolina where she lives