British Halloween Ain't Got Nothing on America

As a child of 80s Britain, I used to love trick or treating-the costumes, the chocolate, the money. But after moving to America, I soon realized Halloween was a whole lot bigger.
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[@urbanrose51]

“ it would look like I’m giving chocolate to a dog. Do you see how somebody would consider that unethical?” The way I bursted out laughing

[@amandasmith1473]

"Not just the kids, sometimes the humans" LOL! I'm sorry. I laughed so hard over that. I will add that when I was a kid, pay dirt for Halloween was when someone gave out the full sized candy bars rather than the snack sized ones.

[@ItsJustLisa]

Our pay dirt was the couple who lived two blocks over. He worked for Shasta, so he gave out cans of soda. We kids used to try going back in different costumes to get more cans, but it never worked. He always knew which kids had gotten cans and which hadn’t. Then there was the year that Whatchamacallits, the candy bar, was being test run. My sister’s BFF’s dad worked for an agency associated with the candy company and he was given a bunch to try out on the neighborhood kids to get out feedback. The deal was that you could have one if you came back later and told Mr. B what you thought. He got a LOT of feedback. It wasn’t until it was in stores later that we all realized we’d had this before and had gotten to be the tasters.

[@tamborambo2957]

Lol same here. Later, I made sure I did the same thing when I passed out Halloween candy. Now I live in a neighborhood where we don’t get any trick or treaters, but back then it was so fun seeing them in their adorable costumes and their reactions to the full sized candy bars.😄

[@tricorvus2673]

1966-1976. Halloween is the day before my birthday and I ate most of my haul as Birthday Breakfast. It's a wonder I have as many teeth left as I do. Next door, were grandparents, and completely 'out of it'. Full size Bit-o-Honeys. Oh dear lord how I loved those.

[@beesnort3163]

That’s what I love to do. Sadly couldn’t this covid year. I was so scared I’d get egged. 😂

[@wildshadowstar]

You’d think haunted house and other haunted places would have caught on more in Britain with its longer history and the such.

[@kdrapertrucker]

When you have haunted houses every block, every day they aren't as fun.

[@ronalddevine9587]

Interesting. I'm 73, and as a kid in the 50s, one of our stops was the local Roman Catholic churches. At the rectory the priest would always ask our age, and give a penny for each year, and a nice red apple. I think we all went to confession soon after!

[@LindaC616]

Where you put the coins in the collection? 🙂

[@slcRN1971]

Ohhhh, upped your age for more coins, do you😆.

[@martha3445]

I went to a Catholic school. We always got the day after Halloween off because of All Souls Day. The public school kids were so jealous!

[@ladyi7609]

@@martha3445 they never did that at any of the Catholic schools I attended in the '80s and '90s. Damn. :( (Though we did get an extra day off on Easter weekend; the public school kids got three days off but we got four!)

[@samanthab1923]

Martha McMichael November 1 is All Saints Day, holy day of obligation. November 2, is All Souls Day. It was cool 😎 to have the day after Halloween 👻🎃🍁 off. 😀

[@IceMetalPunk]

"Not just the kids: sometimes the humans, too." 😂 Okay, fine, I laughed out loud. I have two nieces and a nephew, and you're 100% correct in describing them as inhuman.

[@BitterBetty76]

😂 my kids too some days!

[@ArtsyMagic239]

Big sister to a three-year-old brother here, you got that right!

[@Timeisirrelevant]

We used to get money when trick or treating in the US. But it was for UNICEF. We would get candy and had a small box for UNICEF money.

[@morningcolossus]

yup those iconic orange boxes. trick-or-treating for UNICEF was pretty popular where i grew up, so it was good to have extra change to hand

[@theresat4782]

My school always told us that we had to choose between trick-or-treating for candy or for UNICEF and presented it as an opportunity to learn the value of sacrificing for others. UNICEF never got anything.

[@books4_kids]

Wow, I never heard of this before. What part of the country, or what decade was this? What a great concept.

[@Declan_Moriarty]

Your humor is underrated. "and not just the kids, sometimes the humans too"

[@JennRighter]

His humor is amazing. It’s every other line in this video, too much to keep track of.

[@kellypg]

In the US, when I was a kid, we'd get notably irritated with people who gave out coins. I want candy damnit.

[@annbsirius1703]

I didn't mind money. It was getting a toothbrush or an apple that really irritated me. I had both of those at home thank you!

[@samanthab1923]

We did too. Until one year the little old ladies gave us silver dimes, wheat pennies & Buffalo nickels

[@Heavywall70]

I’d rather have a nickel than a fricken root beer barrel!!!

[@GailGurman]

"Trick or Treat" is basically a threat: Give me candy or I'll egg your house/TP your yard/etc. The best thing about Halloween for me as a kid was that the parents stayed home and the kids roamed the neighborhood in groups. Occasionally, we'd run into friends and compare notes on who was giving away the best or worst stuff. Meanwhile, my mother would make special treats for kids she knew and then also have store-bought for kids she didn't know. Can't get away with any of that these days.

[@slcRN1971]

Back in the early 1960s when I was a kid, homemade popcorn balls were a special treat that our dad loved. So we saved all of them for him. Since we lived in a very small town, only rarely did someone’s home get the ’TRICK’ treatment ....... too easy to find out who did the deed!

[@RJ-hx5nb]

Remember when you'd get home and dump all your candy on your bed and separate the milk duds over there and the m&m's in it's own pile ,,,etc ...

[@janicesullivan8942]

My dad would always like certain candies that I bought home, especially peanut butter candies.

[@RJ-hx5nb]

@@janicesullivan8942 nice memories ~~~~~

[@Wadzillia]

I would have 5 thousand smarties, maybe 6 snickers. My dad would always hijack my snickers.

[@janicesullivan8942]

@@RJ-hx5nb Thank you, I think they were. I dearly miss my dad.

[@LoyaFrostwind]

And the Jolly Ranchers sticks and zebra fruit gum. Mmm

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

"the last Rolo". That reminds me of a Doctor Who short story in the Short Trips and Side Steps anthology entitled "Special Occasions 2: Do You Love Anyone Enough?" in which the 4th Doctor and Romana are at the end of the Universe, watching the same collapse. The 4th Doctor hands Romana a "present" which she carefully unwraps "making sure she didn't rip the paper, just in case the Doctor wanted to put it back in his pocket and use it again later. The object inside was small and caramel-scented, the outer layer of chocolate sticking to the wrapper as well as her fingertips. "The very last Rolo in the universe," said the Doctor. "Happy Valentine's Day." "You old romantic," said Romana."

[@joermnyc]

“Mulleted spandex people” 🤣🤣

[@donchaffins1313]

When I went as a child, sometimes I would get coins.

[@mmmhhm]

They never gave me good coins tho. It was always like five pennies

[@donchaffins1313]

@@mmmhhm one older woman gave out 50 cent pieces one year.

[@Fuzzy_Spork]

There was an elderly lady in our neighborhood who gave out nickels. Of course back then a nickel would actually buy you a candy at the convenience store!

[@kristindecker7766]

Came here to say the same thing. We also went door to door. Not doing that is a more recent thing (maybe 10-15 years?)

[@donchaffins1313]

@@kristindecker7766 not sure if your last name is Dec but those are my initials, lol

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Clifford the Big Red Dog is going to egg Laurence's house.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

@Judy G. No. I believe that Clifford the Big Red Dog actually exists, and was just outside Laurence's door begging for candy.

[@melissaisjoking]

Ya. That was legit Clifford. I could tell by the voice. hes totally getting egged.

[@daveperryman291]

The unpardonable sin!

[@TXKafir]

Like a lot of people, Laurence doesn't get that the phrase "Trick or Treat" is offering you a choice. That's why you hand over the friggin' candy and don't be critical of the costumes. :)

[@julierauthshaw8556]

It would be even worse if he threw dog's eggs ($h!+)

[@Lwize]

Trick-or-Treating has been strongly discouraged locally, and yet I'm still buying bags of Snickers. Guess I'll have to eat them myself...

[@bookwormaddict3933]

same

[@SansAziza]

Imma also go get a bag of mini Snickers, and publicly pretend I intend to share them. Catch y'all on February 13.

[@Lwize]

@@SansAziza Mini Snickers? I shell out for Fun-size, the way Halloween intended!

[@Moona1966]

Amazon had a sale on a 275 piece mixed mini bars including Snickers for 20 bucks... We live in the country, never get trick or treaters, and my hubby is diabetic... Guess who's about to gain ten pounds? LOL

[@elementarywatson5345]

I don't imagine there will be many trick or treaters this year, but I'm separating candy into little sandwich bags and putting them on a table on my front lawn just in case. 🙂 I hate that kids have to go through Halloween like this this year. 😟

[@chefbubbaclemson3701]

I'm carving my Halloween turnip.. yup that was a thing back in the day

[@LindaC616]

Here on the East Coast, people talk about Cabbage Night, but no one has explained it to me

[@manubird2475]

FYI: In America in the 1950s, we always collected coins along with the sweets. The money we gathered was donated to UNICEF, the United Nations children's fund. When I studied in England prior to university, (1967-1968), our big day was Guy Fawkes Day, not Halloween. Oh my, the bon fire and illicit beer and cider we snuck on to campus!

[@kdrapertrucker]

So did they celebrate it by smuggling tons of black powder into parliament in an attempt to blow it up?

[@kaskus7147]

When I was in third or fourth grade I collected money for Jerry's Kids while I trick or treated. It weirded people out a little bit I think.

[@samanthab1923]

I remember the UNICEF boxes. Like little milk cartons.

[@alexandraaaron9705]

I collected for Unicef in the Mid '70s- early 80s

[@peterblood50]

"Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat."

[@socalgal714]

"And if you don't, I don't care, I'll pull down your underwear!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peterblood50]

@J D Oh, lighten up, it was all in fun.😜 Actually, I'm 70, "Hope I die before I get old" - The Who

[@loushelton1596]

@@peterblood50 good one

[@SansAziza]

@@socalgal714 Imagine explaining that one to a jury.....

[@Kamakiri86]

@@socalgal714 lol that's cute! I grew up with "Not to big, not to small, just the size of Montreal!"

[@snarkytiger1553]

"In America it is far more popular to hand out sweets and candy. Ya know stuff that makes your teeth go bad. Must be why it partially caught on in britain." Ooof man.... hahaha

[@samanthab1923]

I noticed when my son was still going out for treats, 10 years ago, he'd get sample size toothpaste & a toothbrush sometimes. 😳

[@kathleenpayne564]

But the difference between by By its and us. Is while we hand out candy. We tend to be a bit obsessive about teeth. And braces. If you can afford them. Most people. In US give their kids braces. And lots of adults. Me included. Have had braces in adulthood. So even with candy. Braces. And cleaning teeth. I am a bit obsessive about teeth as well.

[@grondhero]

@@kathleenpayne564 You're also obsessive about putting unnecessary periods in your sentences. ;P

[@004Black]

For nearly a decade, a group of us designed and built an elaborate haunted “community center” at a housing complex in Juneau AK. I miss the challenge of constructing props. New Patron Laurence...

[@gwynwellliver4489]

When I was 9, we moved from northern Minnesota to western PA. To my shock and horror, Trick or Treating was referred to as Halloweenin', as in, "Are you going Halloweenin' tonight?". Things got back to normal when I moved to IN. Trick or Treat!

[@amyfisher6380]

“Rest in Peas” - what you say to a vegetarian.

[@grondhero]

Lettuce prey.

[@Heavywall70]

Imagine whirled peas

[@glowormrdr6183]

Many years back, Tootsie Rolls were very dark brown and chocolatey. I was shocked a year or two ago to discover now they are caramel colored and not chocolatey at all. Plus candy used to be cheap. I feel sorry for kids, now. (Cadbury Easter eggs have shrunk, too.)

[@slcRN1971]

I also have noticed a lot of changes and not just in candy. Some of my favorite (brand name) cookies are not only smaller but gross tasting. I hadn’t bought some varieties in a few years, so imagine my disgusted shock when I decided to try them again. There was one that tasted like old oil smells. 🤢👎👎. Another was suppose to have real chocolate chips in them, I don’t know what the heck was used but it did NOT taste like chocolate should. Even some of the ‘retro’ candy is not like it used to be.

[@shorttimer874]

The only thing Tootsie Rolls are good for is tossing them in swimming pools

[@bigscarysteve]

Back in the 1960's and 1970's, in my town at any rate, the overwhelming majority of little girls dressed as princesses for Halloween.

[@cathyaudette1060]

As a kid in the 60's I used a large paper bag from the supermarket for my treats. It would get so heavy the one year the bottom gave out, spilling my candy everywhere. When myself, my brother and our friends got home, we'd each spill our swag onto the floor and begin trading candies. It was awesome!

[@Yvonne-Bella]

There was one year my sister and I (and I think our brother. That or just before he was born) manage to fill two trash bags full of candy. We were just starting elementary school

[@insomniacspillowfortarmy5776]

I would use a pillow case so it wouldn't break and also save money as I'm one of four(and twin) for Halloween with the costumes and such. Looked like lil robbers lol. And we also would set up shop on the floor and trade too lol

[@ginnyjollykidd]

My Grandpa would get a lot of Trick - or - Treaters, and he'd keep a count of them. He got two rolls of quarters (40 quarters in a roll), and each child's would get one piece of candy with one quarter. Strictly adhered to. Except when my sisters and I came over afterwards and we could raid the candy bowl. He would take the quarters and would count the remaining ones to see how many kids had come to his house. He loved the kids that came to his house.

[@stvp68]

80s fashion was indeed monstrous

[@h.a.harris7423]

For treats I have a variety of chips and snacks in single serving bags and different kinds of soda in cans. Every trick-or-treater can choose a bag of snacks and a can of pop.

[@ScarletImp]

Half the time I can't tell if you're joking or being serious -- part of the reason I love this channel. The dry sarcastic humor. :P

[@katniptime4me]

I liked the homemade treats we used to get from our friends houses.

[@Trifler500]

My Dad grew up with horses and wagons, back when cars were still uncommon. He told me that when he was a kid, the word "trick" in "Trick or Treat" still meant something, only was sort of an implied "Give me a treat or I'll pull a trick on you". So once in a while, when they said "Trick or Treat" the person in the house would reply "Trick!" and close the door. The kids would then come back late that night and pull some sort of trick, or prank, on that house, such as putting toilet paper in the tree, or something. That wasn't really a think when I was a kid.

[@shorttimer874]

And egging the house...

[@Trifler500]

@@shorttimer874 Yup. He told me one time he and his friends managed to get a wagon up to the upper level of a barn.

[@adelem432]

Alas, I got just a handful of kids this year, as I expected. Since I live in downtown Salem, MA, I usually blow through a dozen bags of candy on Halloween. The city cancelled all events in October, but many, many out of state visitors came anyway. Well, hope that next year we are back to normal.

[@JoeBonez]

Remember, folks, “Samhain” is pronounced close to “saw-when”

[@ArcadiaOccult]

Are you family? Practitioner of the old religion Witchcraft (not wicca)? If so merry meet my brother! 🎃

[@JoeBonez]

@@ArcadiaOccult nope, just a polyglot 😄

[@Thunor93]

Agreed

[@ArcadiaOccult]

@@JoeBonez Crap! I got excited there for a second! Well happy Samhain and happy New Year! 🎃

[@GingerKraut]

@@ArcadiaOccult Hello there! This curious person has a question for you...how does Wicca differ from the Old Religion of Witchcraft? I'm not a member of the family but I find it interesting.

[@abbyz6614]

Halloween has always been my favorite day of the year. I'm 37 years old & I still dress up & go trick-or-treating, granted I go with my kids now, but I go all out- costume, makeup, wig if needed. After we get home, we watch Hocus Pocus & eat Chinese food & candy.

[@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817]

A friend of mine, dyed her daughter's hair bubblegum pink (temporary dye) and dressed her all in pink, then tied a sneaker on her head. Can anyone guess what her costume was? A piece of gum stuck to shoe. 😂

[@diannawix6879]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@angel_vii]

As someone who spent about 15 years working at haunted houses, it doesn't surprise me that Halloween isn't as big a deal anywhere else.

[@angel_vii]

Who says I'm not voting for Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and science?

[@saratemp790]

@J D That means she voting for justice.

[@Fadamor]

Japan takes Halloween to an even higher level. I had the pleasure of being in Tokyo for Halloween 2014. I was amazed at how many non-children were walking around the city in costume.

[@danettecadzow9837]

When I was a kid in the 70s we used to collect for UNICEF. Everybody got a box from school. Some kids turned the money in some didn't. I don't remember seeing the boxes in the 80s.

[@shawnmcx482]

I'm from the Detroit and Toledo areas, so you can't forget the Devil's Night (the night before Halloween) tradition of torching abandoned houses to finally get the city to tear them down.

[@bigscarysteve]

Good times!

[@ThemissouriTraveler]

Effective!

[@davidforsyth5157]

People used to rent penthouse suites downtown on Oct. 30, throw parties , and watch the city burn.

[@The_Dudester]

I remember that. I was a firefighter at the time. We had an arsonist in our town but he struck at all times of the year. After he created one of the biggest fires in the town's history (a mansion) he suddenly stopped.

[@davidforsyth5157]

@@The_Dudester "and now for my grand finale..."

[@janv4897]

Laurence did you mean to have a crown of candles hovering over your head? It becomes you. I think your hair looks just fine. Hope you and Tara enjoy a happy Halloween

[@eoinPalmer]

“Rest in Peas!” Now I’m imagining a corpse laying in a casket surrounded by frozen peas

[@jeffreym68]

At least Mozart isn't decomposing.

[@julierauthshaw8556]

Frozen or Mushy Peas?

[@eoinPalmer]

@@julierauthshaw8556 frozen initially, but I imagine they’ll get mushy pretty quickly

[@julierauthshaw8556]

@@eoinPalmer or just buy them that way in the International section of the supermarket.

[@msg4925]

When my sons were young, we had a tradition. After trick-or-treat, my husband and I would go through their candy and select what we wanted. We called this the “Candy Tax” 😂

[@pamharris7596]

My dad did that, it worked out great for him because his favorite candy was the candy I didn't like.

[@mals86]

My dad did that too...but he took all my chocolate because I was allergic to it. Sigh. (These days I just take the allergy meds and eat the chocolate, but that wasn't an option back then.)

[@jwb52z9]

On the upside, the UK is "getting bigger" with Halloween. I watch a lot of UK KZbinrs and they are actually rivaling some of the store selection in places around the US now. That is, if you don't count this year with that one home improvement store having the 12 foot tall skeleton.

[@matt475]

I live in a town with a population of 612 in Wisconsin, US. One of my neighbors has a Jack Skellington inflatable in his yard (it's at least 12 ft tall), accented with purple lighting at night, that has been up for the last 2 weeks with a bunch of other decorations. And I love it!

[@samanthab1923]

Matt I watch a guy in PA that was talking about that 12 footer how he couldn't find in in any of the stores near him. Found one on line for $400 & it was missing something. Crazy 😜

[@slcRN1971]

When our family lived in base military housing, I had to start buying candy in August (and every payday from then on) so as to have nearly enough on Halloween. Our children would come back with what seemed like tons of candy and dump it into a huge basin so that I could sort out the things they didn’t like. Then off they would go again. When I ran out of the candy that I had bought to give out, I handed out the stuff that I had sorted (thereby not wasting it). Even so, we always ran out of candy before the last half hour of allowed Trick or Treating. FYI: my mom’s birthday is on Halloween, so every year our dad would buy her a new broom (we kids laughed but she was less amused). One year he gave her a new vacuum cleaner to ‘modernize’ her! 😆.

[@shellychandler2040]

We lived in base housing too ,w e did they same thing ,giving back out our candy.The best of times.

[@martha3445]

Back in the '60`s in upstate NY, we used to say "Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! "

[@colinedmunds2238]

In St. Louis, MO, you’ve got to tell jokes to get candy. Some folks are rude about it, requiring jokes, but most folks will give candy to any kid in a costume. But good jokes get an extra handful of candy

[@socalgal714]

This year my Granddaughters costume is a ventilator. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Too soon? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@shawnmcx482]

Bwahahaha!

[@mamieanding5691]

Yes. Really. Yes.

[@socalgal714]

@@mamieanding5691 ya well...🤔 I thought so too but... Kids🤷🏼‍♀️

[@sdraper2011]

Love the fall décor on the fireplace mantle behind you. Happy Halloween!

[@marksmith9566]

I collected for Unicef during Halloween, as well as getting treats. Caramel apples were the best treat.

[@senyahirol]

I absolutely LOVE you & your humor. I love sarcasm!! And I lived in Britain for a bit; granted, it was at the Priory, but we were allowed to go to movies, clubs, or if you happen to have a minor meltdown, sneak thru an janitor’s door, climb out out of the unlocked window-onto the roof (that had turrets (since it historically was a huge monk’s castle.). I then danced to my music on my Sony Walkman while wandering around on the roof. Awww..memories. (From 21 years ago). Lol I RARELY comment, but you are hilarious!! I’m going to your website to see how I can help. Laughing is so therapeutic…so thank you for the laughs! Truly. 😊🤣🐒💨.

[@jenlovesjesus]

Interesting as always, Laurence. Several years ago I met a family's from Nigeria. They had lived in Illinois for a few years. When one of their sons asked the mom if he could go trick-or-treating, she said" Do you mean that holiday when all the children go around and beg for food?" I was taken aback at this foreigners observation. I agree that the pandemic has been scary enough. I am celebrating at home with yummy food and a Dean Koontz novel. 😉

[@amberconner32]

When I was young, people handed out candy, homemade sweets and pennies. This was late 70's through 80's USA Halloween. When my son was going out for Halloween it was candy and very few people giving pennies.

[@cindyknudson2715]

Back in my day lol coins were usually given when the homeowner had no candy left or wasn't expecting any trick or treaters in the first place but didn't want to turn the adorable little one with no treat.

[@Dingomush]

Wouldn’t that be: “Rest in Mushy Peas!”. lol

[@phishpot]

Give peas a chance.

[@lyllydd]

Yes, but only if there's a sausage roll involved.

[@watcherwlc53]

visualize whirled peas

[@DawnShipley1977]

I have acted in a haunted house for 10 seasons. This year it would have been my 11th season but alas because of the pandemic my haunted house did not run this year...I will be home on Halloween for the first time in 10 years...kinda sucks.

[@marlenepearson3936]

2020 was the year I gave up giving out candy for good. There aren't that many kids that go door to door Trick or Treating any more. They go to parties and such. Oh well! It was fun while it lasted. Love your videos Lawrence 💕 💞 ♥️ 💜 💙

[@thudthud5423]

...and this year, people will be handing out unbagged cookies...soaked in hand sanitizer.

[@SansAziza]

Slingshot them some jawbreakers. Why choose between trick OR treat?

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I'm putting a few treats (candy) in my Christmas bags and tying them up, while wearing gloves.

[@BaselScot]

In Scotland we have done this for ever / but we call it guising and its accompanied by some form of small entertainment - mortifying

[@benschwader4537]

Thank you for the history of Halloween. Also the dark hair version of you looks like E A Poe!

[@Cricket-zp6wi]

"Trick or treat, smell my feet! Or give me something good to eat!" We sometimes got pennies when I was little. Halloween is about as popular as Christmas, anymore. Chocolate sales boom in October!

[@andrewthezeppo]

I'd worked at a theme park haunted house the past six years, the biggest in the world(600-700 performers and 15,000 to 25,000 customers a night) Had so much fun and made so many good friends. So sad it was cancelled this year. We worked 3:00 pm to 3:00 am four nights a week.

[@MymilanitalyBlogspot]

Thanks for this and your other videos. I often share them with my ESL-English as a Second Language students.

[@pattysue2516]

Here in Minneapolis, Minnesota our Halloween chant in the ‘50’s was, “Trick or treats, money or eats”. I don’t remember ever receiving money, but many of the treats were homemade; then some jerk started putting dangerous objects in the goodies. There is always some psycho who has to spoil the fun.

[@ClaireAzi]

America has a ton of Halloween Candy ads on tv. I still see Reese’s and KitKat ads every year.

[@lindaeasley5606]

I remember when I was a kid trick or treating on Halloween night, in the 1970s there'd always be at least one house where sounds of ghouls and ghosts screaming and howling would be coming from a record player inside

[@reneekittycat]

I love Halloween even more than Christmas. In years past I would dress up to hand out candy. I always have out tootsie rolls, they're small and cheap so giving out handfuls of them made the kids happy. Plus I love them so any leftovers gotten eaten by me.

[@anthonyC214]

I worked for a major candy company and we had to schedule Halloween fun size candy all year, when ever we.could fit it into the schedule, as it is impossible to make enough fun size prior to Halloween.

[@mattsmith1318]

Some 90s kids used to trick or treat with a UNICEF box collecting change..

[@The_Dudester]

I was a cop for five years but two shifts a week I worked in dispatch. Halloween was our busiest night of the year. We had extremely strict radio procedure-everything given in 10 codes and signals. Every fifteen minutes we had to say our FCC assigned moniker-KAB 3030 over the frequency. My second year, halloween night-everyone stressed out and I decided to deviate. At midnight I said "KAB 3030, radio clear. It's midnight, the witching hour. Do you know where your children are?" The phrase became wildly popular and a staple of every Halloween after that.

[@shellythom7248]

OMG just realized that is why some of my neighbors gave a roll of pennies!!!! As a youngin we got them from a few and I was like why money? I’m guessing they where from there. Lol there are some out there that do well at least in the 70-early 80s. Lol

[@ethangospodareck]

Love this video. Great job.

[@JennRighter]

This is my FAVORITE video of yours. I don’t know if it’s actually as amazing as I think it is (it probably is) or if it’s my lifelong obsession with Halloween.

[@TimZeTerrible]

Cheers and thanks for the chuckles. Peas and love🍻

[@madonnawayne4130]

My parents always gave out red candy apples. My dad went to the factory in Philly and brought lots of boxes. Hundreds. Our house always get a long line. Kids spread the word. It was such fun to give out the red candy apples; some enterprising kid would ask for an extra one because, "My sister is too sick to go out tonight". Of course, that kid left with 2 candy apples.

[@johnschervish9612]

Maybe next year u can mention that the custom of begging on Halloween is referenced by Shakespeare: "like a beggar at Hallowmas." (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene I)

[@CulturePhilter]

Yes, in early 90s I also used to go trick or treating for money in U.K. usually dressed in a rubbish costume like a black bin liner with holes cut in it.

[@Gordonafloat]

In the 50s and 60s Halloween was barely celebrated in England and November 5th Guy Fawkes Night was much more popular. However in Northern Ireland and Scotland Halloween was the main event and probably also in Wales. Over the years Halloween has got bigger and bigger in England and more and more of the American Halloween has crossed the pond. I was in Chicago exactly 2 years ago and celebrations were virtually identical to those taking place in England. Things have changed a lot since you left the UK in 2008 and it's not just Mexican food that's grown in popularity!

[@jerseygirl517]

I absolutely love your channel! 😄 💕😄💕😄

[@floydiandreamscapes5145]

I grew up in a small town, but the next town over was the IBM plant so we went to Essex, Vt and we haul a ton of candy in. My town houses were so far apart walking we could hit maybe 4 houses. Ahhh. The good old days....

[@jasonp.1195]

A variant of the Haunted house experience is the Projection Light Show, which might involve coordinated lighting effects or 3d building projection technology. I found a good selection of examples, but I'll note the already spooky Winchester Mystery House hosts an example of this kind of experience they call "Unhinged"

[@hevansbw]

We used to collect for UNICEF on Halloween 🎃

[@chrisbalcerek9226]

Happy Halloween/Samhain!

[@KellyKMc]

Thank you for this insightful view into this great American tradition

[@BUDDYZEC]

Thanks,. Larry.....always wanted to know about UK Halloween

[@DollsRescued]

When I was a kid, 1960s, we DID get money. Coins mostly, but often Bills. ;-)

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

Money for Halloween in the US is mostly limited to putting them in cards for your children, grandchildren, or nieces and nephews in my area, same as Easter.

[@barryfletcher7136]

I have been in Dublin for Halloween night (deliberately) and enjoyed going from pub to pub for the parties.

[@thelazycrafter4u]

What a great costume to wear to celebrate Undertakers 1990 debut at Survivor Series.

[@jcphelps7054]

We certainly dress up as anything. This year I'm doing The Bear With (Blair Witch pun) but I've also done Marty McFly and Bad Horse (Dr. Horrible)

[@wonkothesane8691]

You are the funniest man on KZbin! Happy Halloween!

[@maryannedelaney]

I love your videos!

[@lisal8533]

I LOVE you Lawrence!! I haven't laughed this much for a while!

[@ChuckyJesus666]

Thank you for bringing up a short history of Trick or Treating in America. My late mother, who would be 108 if she were still alive and would scare any Trick or Treaters who came to her door, told me that the first time she ever heard of Trick or Treat was shortly after World War II. I guess she didn't even have candy that first time, because, well, how would she know, if the first time hearing about it was when kids rang your doorbell for the first time and said, "Trick or Treat!. I remember her telling me that she didn't even understand what the kids were saying; she thought they said, "Trigger Treat!" and had no idea what that meant.

[@wilklikesmilk5371]

As an American the main thing I think of when I think of Halloween Is actually Haunted Houses alongside Pumpkins Children dressing up as Spider-Man I also think of the Nightmare before Christmas

[@9cats7]

In Des Moines, children tell a joke or riddle to get candy. It's a great tradition!

[@victoriarowan2890]

You can tell you haven't been to UK for a bit, house decorating had massively ramped up in the last few years!!

[@Uhtredrag1080]

Your channel is cool, thanks mate.

[@anthonyramirez7272]

The ending of the video legitimately scared me 😅 Not the end card, but the bit before it

[@stevenhunter5396]

Happy Halloween