Although many members of the Morgan community have participated in the Halloween tradition, very few might know its origins. Originally, back in the 1800s, “Trick-or-Treat” wasn’t the term kids would use to ask for candy on Halloween; instead, they’d say “Belsnickel,” and then the parents would have to guess who was under the costume. If they couldn’t the kids would be rewarded with treats.
Although you might not find any students running around Morgan yelling, “Belsnickel,” there are plenty of traditions students hold to each year that celebrate the season. The Pawprint is in the Halloween spirit this month and is asking and in
terviewing to find some of Morgan’s favorite, popular, or interesting traditions from some of the Morgan students.
Halloween is one of the more popular holidays in the country in which people dress up as any fictional or real-life character and go around Trick-Or-Treating, but not all people like to go out and Trick-Or-Treat.
Nathan Ramirez-Canas, a sophomore, enjoys watching movies related to the season. He enjoys watching movies, specifically Hocus Pocus as it’s his first-ever Halloween movie he watched. He watches Hocus Pocus while hanging out with siblings and cousins and then going out to Trick-or-Treating. “I started watching Hocus Pocus around four years ago, a solid 6 family members of my family watch with me every year,” Nathan commented.
Since the Pawprint is out to find what are some more popular or cool traditions, Robert Wininger, a sophomore, instead goes Trick-or-Treating. Robert goes Trick-or-Treating around his neighborhood with family members but does it a bit differently. Robert likes to go out around 10 – 11 pm. He goes out around this time because to him it’s colder and cooler outside, not many people are outside but some leave candy bowls out. When asked why he does this, he said, “I like to go out later because it gives the little kids a chance to get candy.” Robert tries to be considerate on Halloween, instead of taking the candy and risking not letting a young kid get a piece.
Halloween can have many other traditions, but one of the more interesting ones is what sophomore Gavin Theriault does on Halloween. He likes to throw a house party and celebrate Halloween with friends at his house instead of Trick-or-Treating. Gavin sets up his own laser tag game and also plays Halloween manhunt late at night. Gavin would also like to share some advice about partying, saying how people should be aware of their surroundings and not get carried away. Since he started hosting parties three years ago, he has always liked it nonetheless, saying “I’ve always been happy about hosting parties with my friends.”
All of these traditions are everyone’s way to celebrate Halloween this year. When all of the students who were interviewed were asked what their favorite tradition was, Trick-Or-Treating was the most said. Even with the many ways to celebrate Halloween, it seems Trick-Or-Treating will always be a classic.
