Guy Fawkes, Diwali and Samhain... Oh My

I have begun exploring how I feel about the festivals and celebrations I have grown up with. What I am experiencing as I examine these traditions, is a potent need to divorce myself from the ones that hold no spiritual or ancestral importance to me, and to severely limit my engagement with the commercial side of any celebration. This isn’t a self-righteous lecture or judgement of anyone, it is a loud and urgent feeling that I’ve realised is a natural part of my unlearning and reclamation journey.