What sort of questions will you ask on 'pick on a pagan' day (read the details)?

Question

I will pick on a pagan by asking this question:

What are some of the fun things you do during your festivals and can I join in on the fun?

I was inspired to ask this by reading some other post about picking on pagans.

I thought I would counter the negative with the positive.

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Answer 1

Depends on the festival. LOL
Let's see on Yule which is my uber favorite we'll have ham and spiced wine and mead and praise the gods and ancestors with toasts and eat until we are stuffed stupid watching the yule logs burn. I love Yule.

Well Matt we like you too cupcake. ;)

Answer 2

Anthesteria -- This is the Festival of Flowers, as well as a feast of the dead, and a drinking festival centered around Dionysos Limnaios ("of the marshes"). The first day, Pithoigia , was the Opening of the Jars, and the broaching of new wine. Celebrants gathered near the temple and opened wine-jars, pouring libations to Dionysos and drinking the rest.

***** Here's to Wine (continued) *****

The second day, Khoes , was the Day of Swings. There was much drinking, drinking matches (where the prize was a skin of wine), and an erotic atmosphere. The presence of ghosts was felt. The next evening, when it was almost the beginning of the next ritual "day", a sacred marriage was performed in the inner chamber of the temple (which was only open for that night). The details of this ritual were secret, and so have not been passed down to us. It is possible that the rite was between a priestess or the queen, and a phallic representation of the god.

*****(cont.) Women and Song!!!!!!*****

The last day, Khutroi , was the Day of Pots, devoted to the cult of the dead. Pots containing cooked vegetables and seeds (traditional food for the dead) were left out for the wandering spirits. However, precautions were taken to prevent the spirits from coming too close: people chewed hawthorn, smeared their doors with pitch, and tied ropes around the temples. At the end of the festival, they drove out the spirits, saying, "Out you Keres, it is no longer Anthesteria!"

Interestingly this festival takes place in the SPRING!!! (Late February-Early March -- around the same time as MARDI GRAS)

Answer 3

Well... depends on what your definition of "Fun" is...

Yule is one of the most celebratory holidays -- presents, food, friends, and all that kind of thing. Samhain is also important, because it is the new year and is a celebration of those who have gone on before.

But if what you're looking for is a "naughty" kind of fun, you could always celebrate Beltaine the way they did it centuries back, when they would celebrate the consummation of the relationship of God and Goddess to increase the fertility of the crops. (they called it "blessing the fields" by the way).

Answer 4

well, christmas as a holiday, is based on yule, so i gotta say yule.

and santa clause? based on a pagan spirit that patrolled the night during yule.

And our lovely day calendar?? chock that one up to the pagans too, the days are named after their gods.

Wow, the pagans really haven't given us anything to be thankful for, have they?

Answer 5

Pagan women are such fun! I plan to join in as many of your fall festivals as I can this year!

Answer 6

Pick on pagan day? Haven't heard of it.

Answer 7

Well, Samhain is coming up...it's the Summer's end and time to think abou the years past and out loved ones who have gone on. I'm not sure you would consider that fun, but the food is yummy=)...and you are always welcome at my table.

Answer 8

I already celebrated my pagan day (it comes with my religion)

Slayer of dregons was my day.