Caving in to Russian Orthodox Church demands, officials have banned Halloween in Moscow schools:
Halloween has been banned from schools in Moscow after Russian education chiefs ruled it was too pagan.
Officials caved in to Church demands and issued a blanket ban on all Halloween celebrations from carving pumpkin heads to dressing up.
The Moscow Education Department has ordered all schools in the capital to ban any Halloween celebrations, Izvestia newspaper reported.
Well, I'll come out of the closet on this one--I like Halloween. Guess I'll have to cancel that late October trip to Russia.
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