text: It's offensive to me as a descendant of Celtic pagans that our big harvest holiday has been appropriated by Christianity as All Saints Day and All Hallows Eve.  This is supposed to be the 'Festival of the Dead' and essentially the end of the old year and the birth of the New Year.  We are supposed to celebrate the dead ghouls by offering them treats and wishing them well in the after-life, not dressing up like street-walkers, minions, or Spiderman.
  
  Now the school board where we live has even taken to calling it 'Orange & Black Day'.  
  
  My next complaints are the appropriation of our Winter Solstice feast (Yule) and our Spring Equinox fertility festival (Ostara).
  
  The last laugh however is that the harder people try to stamp out these ancient holidays the stronger (and more pagan) that these traditions become!