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F59_469 t1_iryzfua wrote

Reply to comment by Alternative_Belt_389 in TIL about Ragamuffin Day, a celebration in the New York metro area in the late-1800s and early-1900s in which children wore costumes and went door-to-door asking for candy or money on Thanksgiving. It fell out of favor as trick-or-treating on Halloween gained acceptance in the 1940s and '50s. by PikesPique

Me too! PS 185! I didn't really think about how this wasn't a widespread thing.

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Alternative_Belt_389 t1_iryzp5g wrote

So crazy right?! As a kid I was like oh Rafamuffin Parade on 3rd Ave, like all the other parades. Remember the Norwegian Day parade??

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F59_469 t1_iryzy43 wrote

Oh man that was huge in my family! We are Norwegian and my grandfather used to own a Scandinavian specialty store on 5th avenue. I guess they still do the parade but it's pretty small now. I moved away in 2008 and visit every other year or so. Less and less family still in NYC.

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Alternative_Belt_389 t1_irz0mqg wrote

Yea it's always weird to visit Bay Ridge. It is a little weird world of its own.

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F59_469 t1_irz12b1 wrote

My brother lived there for years after I moved and he would text me once in a while "I'm going to the city what train do I take to get to X". Saturday Night Fever was so accurate.

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The3GKid t1_irz7g2f wrote

Yo this is a really neat coincidence of a comment thread! I only went to one Ragamuffin real young but it's nice to see the flyers and community get ready for it every year.

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F59_469 t1_irz855u wrote

I bet my mom still has pictures of me in the parade. I think I was a pirate one year? We used to stage in the parking lot of whatever bank that is on 3rd and 92nd across from food town. Although it was a different supermarket at the time I think. Maybe Key Food?

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The3GKid t1_irzd68w wrote

ooo thats mighty interesting to hear. I've always known it as Key Food!

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F59_469 t1_irzduc4 wrote

The Walgreens on 94th used to be a supermarket, wasn’t that a key food? I’m almost certain food town used to be something else, I need to research that. I still can’t believe Circles is gone. UPDATE I spoke to my mom, she says it's always been a Food Town but the Staples on 5th/94th used to be a Grand Union. I sort of remember that but I was young.

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