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No, I'm much too old for that. |
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:46 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:39 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:44 pm
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I was never offended by the whole Samhain/Halloween thing- I mean, when you think about it Christmas is a horribly commercialized Christian holiday, so it's not like Pagans are getting singled out. And Halloween is just so much better than Christmas- people enjoy it more, and don't get nearly as stressed out about it, so where's the offense? wink
While no longer Wiccan (I'm a Kemetic reconstructionist), my roommate Arcane is a witch. I celebrate with him in good fun- I still have a pewter skull that used to be a part of my Samhain altar setup when I was Wiccan and I bring her out, I deck out the skull, my ancestor shrine, and certain of my gods Whom I know to be amused by such things with Samhain-esque flowers (last year, I think it was marigolds). We delight in pumpkin ale, and candies in black and orange stemmed goblets- and while the Vampire wine isn't really my favorite, I still enjoy decanting a more palatable wine into the bottle and pretending. heart Last year we bought an aromatherapy mister in the shape of a cauldron, and this year we'll be using it for more than just decoration. We have a Harry Potter movie marathon each Halloween, this year will be our first for inviting a guest over.
All in all we just have a good time, taking full advantage of the abundance of candles, treats, and Halloween-themed toys which are available in the stores these days. Arcane may or may not do something else on his own for the holiday- I don't know, but we both really love this time of year.
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:49 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:59 am
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:14 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:49 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:36 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:08 pm
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I don't think people who charge against any holiday fully understand the historic significance of those holidays. It's useless to make a protest against Halloween as a Pagan because, quite frankly, Halloween precedes us as we know ourselves just as Christmas traditions precede Christianity. To use a more one-religion-specific example, there was no "Wicca" when Samhain first came into being, so for any Wiccan to try claiming the holiday we celebrate culturally today is a bastardization or offensive parody of a Wiccan holiday is absolutely ludicrous. Yet there are people who make this charge. I wish they would take a look at what exactly they think they're protesting, and then maybe they'd realize that the modern cultural celebration, aside from its mass-market appeal which I oppose on non-religious grounds, just isn't that bad or offensive.
Most of these larger holidays started out fairly secular, with religious associations either added in later or no more intrinsic than religion in everything at the time.
As much as some of us would like to think we do, Pagans do not have some sort of copyright or patent on Samhain or Halloween, just as Christians don't have the same on Christmas. To think we do is to be incredibly ignorant of not only the history of those holidays, but the history of how we got where we are now.
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:00 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:45 am
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