CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Little ghouls and goblins will fill the streets on Halloween night, hoping to score a jack-o'-lantern full of candy.

Kids dressing up and going door for sweet treats is a Halloween staple but why do they do it? How did trick-or-treating become a Halloween tradition ?

Let's connect the dots .

ANCIENT ORIGINS

Halloween has been around in one form or another since the first century B.C. and sweets have always played a big part.

During Celtic celebrations, food was left out overnight to supposedly calm unwanted spirits. And in later centuries, people would dress up and play pranks for food and drinks.

Those traditions were brought to the United States by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the mid-1800s. By the 1920s, though, there were a lot more tricks than treats

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