How old is too old for trick-or-treating?

October 23, 2009 • Ashley Strommen  
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There are different opinions on how old is too old for trick-or-treating, but when is it really time to stop?

Personally, I trick-or-treat out of town and I take my younger sister and younger cousins trick-or-treating.

Some high school students still trick-or-treat but not a large majority. When I was younger, from what I remember, everyone in town would dress up, set out a bowl of candy, turn on the porch light and go trick-or-treating. The highlight of my year was always dressing up and traveling from door to door, accepting candy from strangers. Now it seems that less and less are participating.

“If my parents couldn’t I would. It’s fun to take a little child,” Sophomore Kaela Dahnert said.

I think it’s fine if high school students still dress up and trick-or-treat. It shows that they don’t care what others think of them or their choices and they want to have fun. If it gives the person an hour or two of joy, then why would you care what age they are as long as they are having fun? Even if it is something you may consider childish or immature for someone over the age of ten or eleven to trick-or-treat.

“Trick-or-treating was fun when I was younger but I’ve outgrown it,” Sophomore Logan Garrett said.

I personally think that the older the trick-or-treater is , that is dressed up, the larger handful of candy they should get. Most parents would much rather have their high school child trick-or-treating rather then have them at a party or with a group of friends drinking or doing drugs.

When high school students go trick-or-treating, with a costume, they still get odd looks when they hold out a bag for candy. Most adults think that high school aged children are trying to scam a few pieces of candy out of them, which they are. A majority of high school students, a small majority, enjoy wearing costumes in the freezing cold with a windchill. I personally do not see the joy in getting dirty looks from random strangers while dressed in a ridiculous costumes in the freezing cold. Yes, there is a joy in receiving candy but whoever made up trick-or-treating should have set it in a warmer month.

“I think that trick or treating in high school is a choice any student can make. There’s nothing wrong with having a little fun on Halloween like we did when we were kids! There are many alternatives to trick or treating that high schoolers can participate in, but if trick or treating is their preference, so be it! High schoolers can enjoy holidays just as much as they did ten years ago! Their choice of celebration, is up to them,” Sophomore Courtney Jackson said.

If you want to risk getting hypothermia for a few pieces of candy, then more power to you!

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