Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for December 08, 2013
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Caption: nancy By Guy Gilchrist. Nancy: What are you doing, OONA GOOSEPIMPLE? Oona: I'm "Christmas trick-or-treating"! I do it every year! Nancy: That's CRAZY, Oona! Oona: WHY? Families are trimming their trees with candy canes, popcorn balls...'Tis the season--for SWEETS! Oona and Nancy: CHRISTMAS TRICK-OR-TREAT!!
Christmas Caroling (aka Wassailing) started like trick or treating, with an ale punch (wassail) or figgy pudding (see “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”) as typical treats.In the same line is the Cajun tradition “Coureurs de Mardi Gras” in which young men on horseback would go from farm to farm collecting gumbo ingredients, then everybody would get together for gumbo and dancing.