“Trunk or Treat” (“trick or treat” from a vehicle’s trunk)

“Trunk or Treat”  is a variation of “trick or treat” from a vehicle’s trunk.
 
 
Google Groups: alt.religion.mormon
Whats “appropriate” in the chapel??
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Dec 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
Here’s something I just heard that’s kind of relevant to this thread. A friend told me that on Halloween her ward for years has held “trunk or treat,” which if you’re like me and didn’t know what that is, people come to the church parking lot, open the trunks of their cars and hand out goodies to kids. Well, this year it almost didn’t happen. Why? Some people felt it not appropriate to have such an activity in the sacred parking lot in which a mini temple was being erected in the corner.
Mrs. Garcia
 
Google Groups: soc.culture.irish
Holloween: trick or treat
EzeeDuzit
Sep 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM
HALLOWEEN CUSTOMS
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Some Evangelical Christian churches offer alternative methods of celebrating Halloween. Some urge their members to distribute Bible tracts along with or instead of candy treats. Others have “Trunk or Treat” parties in which members park their cars in the church parking lot, distribute treats from the trunks of their cars and invite the children into the church hall for a Christian party. Other congregations hold parties for their families. Costumes are allowed, but expected to be appropriate for a Christian environment.
 
Google Groups: alt.lifestyle.all-faiths
No halloween here
fish
Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM
It’s weird. Every year there are fewer and fewer Halloween festivities here. The more fundamental churches have replaced trick or treating and scary costumes with “Fall Festivals” (which ironically seems sort of Earth worshipping and Pagan in a way), or a thing they call “Trunk or Treat” where the kids go to the church and get treats from car trunks in the parking lot (what’s with THAT?) And BY NO chance will Halloween ever be observed on a Sunday. What did happen, happened last night.
 
NPR
What to know about trunk-or-treating, a trick-or-treating alternative
October 31, 2023 5:01 AM ET
By Ayana Archie
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Trunk-or-treating is an alternative to trick-or-treating, in which parents and guardians gather their vehicles in one spot, typically a parking lot, open their trunks and give out candy as children walk from car to car.
 
Some candy-givers decorate their trunks with scenes and themes, such as pumpkin patches, spiderwebs and monsters.
 
Here’s a rundown of how it started and how to find one nearby.
 
How did it start?
Early mentions of trunk-or-treating date as far back as 1994 and are commonly associated with churches, who present the events as safer alternatives to door-to-door trick-or-treating.
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Trunk-or-treating has also been referred to as “Halloween tailgating.”