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Halloween banned - to save witches' feelings
US schools have banned Halloween because officials are worried about offending real witches.
Students who turn up in costume could be sent home from schools in Puyallup School District in Washington state.
Officials told a local TV station that followers of the Wiccan religion had complained about the way Halloween was celebrated.
Spokeswoman Karen Hansen said: "School officials have been reviewing the Halloween tradition and decided that time could be better spent.
"Schools are teaching students to be respectful and take account of the discomfort felt by others. Witches with pointy noses are not respective symbols of the Wiccan religion."
The authority was also concerned that Halloween wasted valuable class time and that the costumes were too expensive for many families.
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This just in -- Wiccans are puss-bags.
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