MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow schools have been ordered to ban students from celebrating Halloween despite the widespread popularity of the imported festival to Russia.
Halloween is being forced underground because it "includes religious elements, the cult of death, the mockery of death," a spokesman for the city's education department Alexander Gavrilov said Wednesday.
Uh... I've always celebrated Halloween without these elements. One can celebrate this holliday without worshiping death and mocking it.
"This is destructive for the minds and the spiritual and moral health of pupils," said Gavrilov.
Like George W. Bush, I must "respectfully disagree" with you on that point. Millions of people have celebrated Halloween for centuries, and it's never been a very destructive holiday. In fact, it's the second-biggest bolster to our economy after Christmas.
One of the things that made growing up worthwhile was going out trick or treating on Halloween. Last year, very few kids came to our door even though we offered treats (and had the porch light on.) Now I hear this is becoming a thing of the past due to paranoia over people poisoning treats. (I always saw it as a way to meet the neighbors and talk to them. I guess it's not that way anymore.) :(
Quamp's discount manga/anime fan fiction
The Texas Conventions a Collection of artwork I've collected over various conventions.
