The War On Halloween

The War on Halloween
October 11th, 2007
AH! It's that time of year again. The leaves are turning,the pumpkins are blushing orange, and the War on Samhain begins. Let's begin this year's festive 3 month long Season of Religious Bickering (running approx. October 1st throughDecember 26th) with a letter.
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Dear America,
As a fellow American dedicated to the worship of my beloved gods, I am personally outraged at the lack of respect given to Halloween, the most sacred day of my religious calendar.
I am sickened by the continued commercialism assigned to this most holy of days, and I can only imagine that the spirits of my Beloved Ancestors feel the same. I am worried about the escalation of this War on Samhain, and I beg you to remember the Reason for the Season, which is the veneration of our Beloved Dead. It is a disgrace to our heritage and an insult to the multiple, splendid and eternal gods of this Land to ignore and/or cheapen this most noble of holidays with bland "Harvest" festivals (ironically possibly more Pagan than commercial Halloween…)or cheap candy.
Every public space should feel free, if not obligated, to display an enormous carved turnip at every turn (boldly and proudly referred to as a Samhain Turnip) and altars to loved ones should festoon the halls of our governmental buildings.
Sincerely,
Sara "Not Afraid to Say Happy Halloween" Sutterfield Winn Gospel Pagan
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*This is (mostly) satire. Satire loses something if one has to tell people that it's satire ... but I am not in the mood to delete 40 comments from outraged people who think I'm serious about the governmental buildings comment, etc. Comments from outraged people who recognize that it's satire but hate satire are okay.
**Also - the word "festoon" is awesome.

Sara blogs at: http://gospelpagan.wordpress.com/