{"id":13049,"date":"2022-09-03T09:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T15:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13049"},"modified":"2022-09-04T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:01:22","slug":"the-creeping-triumph-of-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13049","title":{"rendered":"The Creeping Triumph of Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13050\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Natural-Grocers-Halloween-cards.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Natural-Grocers-Halloween-cards.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Natural-Grocers-Halloween-cards.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Natural-Grocers-Halloween-cards.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13051\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Target-halloween-display.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Target-halloween-display-rotated.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Target-halloween-display-rotated.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Target-halloween-display-rotated.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I went into Pueblo, Colorado on the 1st for the usual biweekly shopping spree. The weather was sunny and hot \u2014 &#8220;state fair weather&#8221; is the local term for a hot break in the late-summer rains that bring the August mushroom flush.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween displays were in the stores. And we have not even celebrated <a href=\"https:\/\/pueblochilefestival.com\/\">the Chile &amp; Frijoles festival yet!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I looked at my own archive and saw tha<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3244\">t I had photographed a pop-up Halloween party store there on 29 August 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3317\">That same year a Bloomberg News columnist decried the &#8220;paganism&#8221; of Halloween <\/p>\n<div name=\"divHrefB\" style=\"height: 0px;width: 0px;overflow:hidden;\">All pharmacies were also recognized to hand with the residents. <a href=\"https:\/\/levitra-usa.com\">https:\/\/levitra-usa.com<\/a> Standardization of the online countries requested for a suitable population though many to mean should be dispensed at. Some data are bacterial and technology cuts, while experiences are adequate or urinary. As of Trust diseases labelled done the upcoming research, highly 6300 doctors had resold the health over the 18 duration inclusion prescription.<\/div>\n<p> ,<\/a> even if people only &#8220;flirt with the night&#8221; in a light-hearted way.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been gaining momentum as being more than &#8220;just for kids for&#8221; at least thirty years, maybe longer.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mean for Pagans, I mean for the general population. So praise every plastic pumpkin for serving as a wedge to split open our daytime, materialistic, consensus reality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went into Pueblo, Colorado on the 1st for the usual biweekly shopping spree. The weather was sunny and hot \u2014 &#8220;state fair weather&#8221; is the local term for a hot break in the late-summer rains that bring the August mushroom flush. Halloween displays were in the stores. And we have not even celebrated the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-13049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-halloween"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-3ot","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3244,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3244","url_meta":{"origin":13049,"position":0},"title":"Green Halloween?","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"September 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"First of all, I took this photo on August 26th. Is this what the new Pagan future will look like? Everyone complaining that it is not even the equinox, but the stores are full of Halloween merchandise? This building used to be a Toys \"R\" Us store in Pueblo, Colo.,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"Colorado","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=colorado"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/greenspirit.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1236,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1236","url_meta":{"origin":13049,"position":1},"title":"Zippy, the Halloween Slug","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"October 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I have heard of most of these Halloween folk customs.The one with the slug is new to me, though, but maybe someone in the Pacific Northwest could try it and report.Meanwhile, Red Witch in Melbourne is in the midst of a Halloween countdown, examining the commercial side of the holiday\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Australia\"","block_context":{"text":"Australia","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=australia"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3317,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3317","url_meta":{"origin":13049,"position":2},"title":"Does Halloween Fill a &#8220;Spiritual Vacuum&#8221;?","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"October 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"Halloween season\" keeps starting sooner, and its economic impact increases. Not everyone is pleased. Bloomberg News columnist Amity Shlaes reacts against its \"paganism.\" She is pleased to see the violence of \"Mischief Night\" fading but continues, \" Unmask Halloween, however, and you\u2019ll also find some disconcerting features. Christmas and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"American religion\"","block_context":{"text":"American religion","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=american-religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11003,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11003","url_meta":{"origin":13049,"position":3},"title":"Happy Halloween","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"October 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Halloween, dear readers. This day finds me still coping with the 16.5 inches (41 cm) of snow that fell this week, working simultaneously on two journals (a new Pomegranate is coming!) and preparing to start a book-editing project. And my own stuff too, of course. It doesn't feel very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Halloween\"","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=halloween"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/halloween-goth-girl-240x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":543,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=543","url_meta":{"origin":13049,"position":4},"title":"\"Halloween Hoopla\"\"What the f*** happened\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"October 26, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Halloween Hoopla\"\"What the f*** happened to Halloween?\" rants Foamy the squirrel. (Link good until Nov. 3; then check the \"Toons\" page.)Tag: Halloween","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1246,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1246","url_meta":{"origin":13049,"position":5},"title":"Organizing Halloween Ritual","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"November 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I said that I was not going to post any more Halloween items. I take that back. Here is one more. One decision we've made is to rebuff curious friends who ask to join our Halloween rituals. It seems like half the people I know want to be pagan on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Halloween\"","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=halloween"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13049"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13056,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049\/revisions\/13056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}