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Oct 14 2009

“I Don’t Celebrate Halloween!” … A Rant

Published by madrigalblue at 4:16 pm under Pagan Festivals and Celebrations, Personal Pagan Reflections Edit This

This is a pure rant. Just a warning. I don’t rant too often, but here it is…

Jack o Lantern made from pumpkinEveryone has a right to celebrate (or not celebrate) holidays as they choose! That’s awesome. I love that it is so.

If you don’t celebrate Halloween, that is your choice and I am okay with that. However, don’t get all offended when I want to wear a costume for Halloween. For me, this has nothing to do with paganism or my feelings for Samhain and everything to do with the fact that some people push their pagan-hatred all around during this time of year simply because Halloween comes from a pagan tradition.

Guess what? So do many other things. People did lots of stuff before Christ was here. They had sex and took shits. Does that make procreation and defecation any less important to the survival of humanity? No!

So, to the minority of Christians who spread their hatred for Halloween around…try loving your neighbor and I shall harm none, do as I will. This really means we should be working in conjunction with one another.

Please feel free to not celebrate one of my favorite holidays, but don’t come preaching to me about it. (The same goes for you pagans out there who preach against St. Patrick’s day when it is SO much more than a religious holiday in America–it’s a celebration of being Irish American!)

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3 Responses to ““I Don’t Celebrate Halloween!” … A Rant”

  1. # dinaon 15 Oct 2009 at 8:21 am edit this

    here!here! i wrote a recent post on essential oils for Samhain you may enjoy.

  2. # Buffyon 18 Oct 2009 at 9:53 pm edit this

    Ironically the people who scream about how they don’t celebrate Halloween and try to turn others against it are the same ones who whine about the “War on Christmas” and preach that everybody must say “Merry Christmas” to appease them. Ugh.

  3. # Dark Passengeron 20 Oct 2009 at 11:58 pm edit this

    Well said.

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