My mother use to tell me when they were kids no one really dressed up for Halloween but they did for Thanksgiving. Does anyone know anything about this tradition? Thanks, Joan

This was an interesting question about something's I'd never heard of, but a little surfing turned up the following: Apparently there was an old urban Thanksgiving tradition of costumes and pranks. The "ragamuffin" tradition was popular in urban areas like NY and Boston, consisting of costumed children parading around the streets begging for coins or treats and pulling pranks if they didn't get any. They were often paid off by shopkeepers to keep from having their windows soaped. By the early 1900s the children would parade through the streets in their costumes becoming an established holiday event. However, by the 1920s, parades like Macy's took over and the depression in the 1930s ended the tradition completely......who knew? Not I. Sandra > "My mother use to tell me when they were kids no one really dressed up for > Halloween but they did for Thanksgiving. Does anyone know anything this?"