oder Saures", asking for sweeties or threatening something less pleasant. In Northern Germany and Southern Denmark, children dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating on New Year's Eve in a tradition called "". Trick-or-treat for charity UNICEF started a program in 1950 called Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF in which trick-or-treaters ask people to give money for the organization, usually instead of collecting candy. Participating trick-or-treaters say when they knock at doors "Trick-or-treat for UNICEF!" This program started as an alternative to candy. The organization has long produced disposable collection boxes that state on the back what the money can be used for in developing countries. In Canada, students from the local high schools, colleges, and universities dress up to collect food donations for the local Food Banks as a form of trick-or-treating. This is sometimes called "Trick-or-Eat". See also Sweetest Day Poisoned candy myths Samhain Hop-tu-Naa Koledovanie Virvonta Ben Cooper, Inc. References Further reading Sweetest Day “Nation Wide Candy Day,” Candy and Ice Cream July 1916, p. 34 “Candy Day,” International Confectioner June 1916, p. 39 International Confectioner Nov. 1916, p. 41 Truwe, Ben. The Halloween Catalog Collection. Portland, Oregon: Talky Tina Press, 2003. External links “Trick or Treat” ("Trick or Treat for UNICEF"). Web page from etymologist Barry Popik on the history of "trick or treat". Halloween practices Masquerade ceremonies