This is my daughter's homemade costume (done by herself!), which she calls "Infernal Dragon," a devilish interpretation of her school's mascot.My once-a-year pet peeve.
Dear Evangelical Christian or DumbAss Catholic:
Dear Evangelical Christian or DumbAss Catholic:
It is Halloween, a corruption of the term Hallow's Eve, meaning the day before All Hallows or All Saints' Day. Allowing your child to attend a party called - appropriately - a Halloween party is not going to turn them into Devil worshippers. Honestly.
Yes, yes, I know, Halloween has its roots in the pagan celebration of Sanheim, but then, Christmas supplanted Saturnalia and yet you don't hold back on that, spending your money for the figurine of Santa kneeling reverantly by Baby Jesus in the manger. Oh, and that Christimas tree upon which you proudly display your Thomas Kincaid [Painter of Crap] ornaments? Druidic, babe.
So don't knock Halloween. You can keep down the gore, I do, too, but still have a fun time.
Oh, and if you're so freaked out about the holiday and saying we should have a Harvest Festival instead, why are you and your little b***ards showing up for candy at my door every October 31st?
Boo!
The Digital Hairshirt
P.S. - to any cool folks I know who like that Kincaid stuff . . . sorry. I mock the Wyland [Look, another whale tail] people as well.
Oh, and this, too:
Little Bo Peep would make the cut at the Halloween parade at Riverside Drive Elementary School here on Friday, but the staff she used to menace her sheep would probably have to go. Guns, daggers and other toy weapons have long been excisedfrom costumes at many school celebrations on Halloween.
No wonder the sheep ran away . . . the bitch was crazy!
11 comments:
My oh My - Dolly Gurl is quite talented !!!!! Her costume rocks!
I love this post, you just said everything I've been wanting to say but held off.
Another pet peeve of mine is when people diss the high school kids or teens when they go trick or treating. Hell, there's a lot worse things they could be doing than going from door to door collecting candy. Let them stretch out their childhood a little longer. Why be in such a hurry to take away their good clean fun?
Maybe that's why I get a lot of teens at my door every year...and because I give out the big candy bars.
Amen to what you wrote! Sick of the pressure from people who want to make me feel less than Catholic for supporting trick-or-treating.
Oh, and for the record, I went trick-or-treating until I was 17 years old. I wasn't gonna miss out on all that yummy candy!
"painter of crap" - Thank you!
AMEN!!!!
LEave Halloween alone.
It's all about the candy and the costumes.
As MArk Twain said "Anyone making more of this than it is should be summarily shot, hung or nuked."
Or whatever it was. You know what I mean.
I'm not even particularly "Down" with this saint dressing up business. That was only in response to show lame-o evangelicals that we aren't into devil worship either.
Can't wait for dark. I've been saving rotten eggs for weeks!!!!!
Well, I do like the Kincade crap--but Halloween is fun to dress up in scary costumes--sheesh we have to scare off the evil spirits somehow! Mmmmmm...CANDY!
I would love to repost this on my blog, giving you proper credit and link. This is AWESOME!!!
Feel free, Heather!
Great post, digi!
Digi.... rant on darlin'!
Very well said... and Happy Halloween!
Yes! Yes! And Yes, again.
You have stated this very well.
Thank you!
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