“We’d get our mother to take us to the rich apartment complexes. Then we’d scout out the places that gave out full size candy bars.”

— Cameron Randall, in the Army, Dexter, Maine

“When I was a kid, we waited till it was dark and only went to the houses where the light was on and there was a jack-o’-lantern.”

— Carol Elk, lectures at Kansas University, Ponca City, Okla.

“In my day, we actually trick-or-treated at homes. You had to work for candy. We had to engage in social interactions.”

— Sheyda Jahanbani, associate professor, Lawrence