Area Pagan Dreading Big Family Vernal Equinox Celebration

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[treekisser]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_pagan_dreading_big_family

MEDFORD, OR—Despite evidence that the planets are aligned in his favor, local pagan Jeff Birch, 27, said Monday that he would "rather have a peaceful weekend at home" than attend his family's Vernal Equinox celebration on March 21.

[RandallS]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_pagan_dreading_big_family

LOL. Generic Paganism is big time now. The Onion is doing articles.

[Celtic Warrior]

LOL. Generic Paganism is big time now. The Onion is doing articles.

That's to funny, I guess we're back in the mainstream for better or worse.

[yewberry]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_pagan_dreading_big_family

"But I just know that within an hour of arriving, things will get so bad that I'll be reverting to my 12-year-old self, hiding in the rec room downstairs, wearing my Iroquois false face mask and fingering my runes for comfort. It's not worth it."

Bwahahaha!

Brina (who's dreading seeing her mom tomorrow and is now considering bringing some "runes" to "finger")

[becomingshaman]

"But I just know that within an hour of arriving, things will get so bad that I'll be reverting to my 12-year-old self, hiding in the rec room downstairs, wearing my Iroquois false face mask and fingering my runes for comfort. It's not worth it."

Bwahahaha!

Brina (who's dreading seeing her mom tomorrow and is now considering bringing some "runes" to "finger")

That is HILARIOUS! 

[Firaza]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_pagan_dreading_big_family

Yet another great article by the Onion!

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