William Lorton's support of witchcraft [letters, Dec. 10] reveals a lot of ignorance. Is he not aware that Santa Claus and Easter eggs have nothing to do with Christianity? Is he not aware that Batman is a fictional character like Mickey Mouse and Mary Poppins—they all have nothing to do with Halloween and witchcraft?

This is the sort of ignorance that leads people to believe that there would be just as many deaths by shooting in our society if there were no guns. And that events like Columbine would occur as often if there were no Rambo, Terminator and the like.

About the only thing he says that makes sense is that not all people who hear the witchcraft of Halloween are converted by it to a deep belief in that religion.

The correct point made by Mrs. Knight is that if our tax dollars are properly used to promote witchcraft in schools, why not have the same coverage for Christianity?

—Pieter Kaempf, Allendale Avenue