As we wrap up the Halloween evening, it's important to note the nature of the holiday, as it were. A long time ago, the powers that be created a new holiday which just happened to coincide with a holiday that was already in existence called Samhain.
It has been said that this particular holiday was created for the express purpose of keeping the pagans that celebrated in line with the church that demanded their resolution. I personally don't know if this is true or not.
What I do know is that the majority of people are tired of being cooped up. I also know that this particular holiday was a reason for people to leave their homes and possibly return a little bit of normalcy to their lives.
I intend to continue this.
At this point in time, my campaign is looking for a deserving and willing Oregon community that would like to host a community tree and a tree lighting.
However, there is a little bit of caveat that goes with this holiday spirit. The first thing that we must do is to include everyone. In order to include everyone, my campaign will provide lights for the tree and provide a small number of ornaments as a campaign. The rest of the ornaments will be provided by anyone in the State who would like to bring one with the only restriction that it must be a gold ornament.
Because I understand that other people don't celebrate Christmas, the campaign will also be putting up six Festivus Poles. together with the tree, the Festivus Poles will be placed to shape a rough Menorah/Kinara to represent other belief systems that are celebrated.
If your community would like to support a tree lighting celebration, please message the campaign page.
R. Leon Noble
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