# Happy Autumnal Equinox Eve!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750 "2006-09-22T18:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750/1 "2006-09-22T18:04:12Z")
Happy Autumnal Equinox Eve!!! Strinka 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowcarpet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowcarpet/32/257_2.png) [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750/2 "2006-09-22T18:17:29Z")
Happy Mabon Eve! (Does hokey fall happy-dance) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750/3 "2006-09-22T18:45:01Z")
What, does she make a big deal about the Autumnal Equinox or something? ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750/4 "2006-09-22T22:20:53Z")
I think I’ll light up the ol’ firepit, acknowledge the ancient gods and express gratitude that the human race seems to be moving very, very slowly from the darkness to the light. Then, because it’s Friday, I’ll open a bottle of cheap wine and get shit-faced. Maybe if I do it every year, it’ll become a tradition! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750/5 "2006-09-22T22:27:44Z")
WOOHOO! Behold the rise of the season of the Dark God! ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750/6 "2006-09-22T22:28:46Z")
> [@Sunrazor](#): > > I think I’ll light up the ol’ firepit, acknowledge the ancient gods and express gratitude that the human race seems to be moving very, very slowly from the darkness to the light. Then, because it’s Friday, I’ll open a bottle of cheap wine and get shit-faced. Maybe if I do it every year, it’ll become a tradition! I’m not getting around to this until tomorrow. My pagan circle will meet. We’ll do unspeakable things under the noses of respectable folks. Its getting harder every year to find suitable virgins. 😉 (Honestly, the worst thing that has ever happened at one of our rituals is me getting drunk off of some mead and saying while I am in lust with Patrick Stewart I can’t imagine asking him to do me doggy style. Gotta love Beltaine.) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-autumnal-equinox-eve/373750/7 "2006-09-23T03:30:02Z")
Bah. Equinoxes were invented by Hallmark in the 1950s just to sell cards during slow parts of the year.