28dresses t1_iryfbhm wrote on October 11, 2022 at 11:33 PM Reply to TIL about Ragamuffin Day, a celebration in the New York metro area in the late-1800s and early-1900s in which children wore costumes and went door-to-door asking for candy or money on Thanksgiving. It fell out of favor as trick-or-treating on Halloween gained acceptance in the 1940s and '50s. by PikesPique If it was on Thanksgiving.... people just called it thanksgiving. No one called it raggamuffin day. Go away now Permalink −8−
28dresses t1_iryfbhm wrote
Reply to TIL about Ragamuffin Day, a celebration in the New York metro area in the late-1800s and early-1900s in which children wore costumes and went door-to-door asking for candy or money on Thanksgiving. It fell out of favor as trick-or-treating on Halloween gained acceptance in the 1940s and '50s. by PikesPique
If it was on Thanksgiving.... people just called it thanksgiving. No one called it raggamuffin day. Go away now