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Fallingstar said the objections to Halloween are another absurd example of our growing lack of tolerance. "I didn't mind when they had Christmas celebrations at my son's school. We celebrated both. Winter solstice was the spiritual holiday, and Christmas was the cultural holiday," she said. "It's the same people who want to ban Harry Potter. I don't think reading Harry Potter will turn kids into witches. Though it would be great if it did." Though then those kids would spend Halloween on a trance journey to the Isle of Apples to speak to the deceased as Fallingstar does. Those kids would be thrilled with lollipops.
The pagan bedrock of our society will not be corrupted by fearful bureaucrats. We will celebrate Halloween just as our forefathers did, except for bobbing for apples because that's really disgusting and makes me wonder if our parents even cared at all. But other than that, we'll fight to prevent change. So I'm asking you to boycott any store that tries to lure you in with a milquetoast "Happy autumn" and protest any town square that attempts to water down traditional witch decorations by adding ghosts and vampires, which I'm pretty sure come from different traditions. I have already heard jack-o'-lanterns referred to as merely "pumpkins with a face on them," though, admittedly, that was by Laszlo.
Will we be forced to celebrate our pagan rituals on darkened streets, with children reduced to hiding behind masks and uttering secret messages to get adults to quickly open their door and drop candy into their bags? Because that's what happens when we let the liberals and/or conservatives control our society. Freedom isn't free without free candy. And I'm willing to fight for that freedom. Or at least sell a book about it.