Beggars’ Night is a night current teenagers know very well, but younger generations have not been getting the same experience. Kids dressed up as monsters, princesses, superheroes, and pop culture icons, to name a few, make their way from house to house trading a trick for a treat. Current generations are experiencing a much different Beggars’ Night, but there is not a clear answer as to why.
KCCI reports that the city of Altoona has moved Beggars’ Night from October 30th, to October 31st. Members of the community started to reconsider changing the date in 2024 when weather postponed Beggars’ Night to October 31st
Other communities have voted to hold Beggars’s Night trick-or-treating on the last Saturday of October each year. In an interview with WHO 13, Bondurant Communications and Events Coordinator Katie Klus talked about the benefits of Beggars’ Night being on a Saturday night…