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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Polly Hudson

'Why are Brits copying an American Halloween that's more trick than treat?'

Whatever happened to apple bobbing?

When I was a kid, that was not just the main event of Halloween, but basically all of it.

Trick or treating was unusual, as it went against everything your parents had drummed into you about accepting sweets from strangers, and even if you could manage to talk them into letting you try it, you were mostly met with confusion.

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