I have great memories from my childhood on Long Island. The streets were filled with throngs of kids all dressed in costumes. On the weekends, Trick or Treating would begin at 9:00 in the morning and go all through the day. We kids would come home for "pit stops" and unload all our candy on the dining room table. Then Mom would "sift" out the really good candy and keep that for us. She would hand out the rest of it as this went on all day long.
On school day, we kids would Trick or Treat on the way to and from school and then start the ritual for the rest of day light. We didn't go out at night. That's why it was great fun looking at all the colorful costumes on the kids during the day. There were some night time Trick or Treaters but they were the older guy teens. I don't have memories of me going out after dark when I got older though.
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