Gramku t1_irxritj wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:41 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 I can only imagine how annoying that would be having to get up from the dinner table to answer the door every few minutes. Permalink 9
Gramku t1_irxritj 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
I can only imagine how annoying that would be having to get up from the dinner table to answer the door every few minutes.