[I'm starting a new thread, since a lot of people ignore the Is {fill in the blank} rubbish? threads.]

Is the celebration of Halloween US style, with children dressing up in costumes, begging from door to door and school parties, offensive to practitioners/believers in Wicca? At least one elementry school, in Puyallup, Washington (story here) has banned this on school grounds. IMHO, children dressing up as witches is not intended to be offensive to Wiccans any more more than dressing up as Indians is meant to offend them. In fact, I'd guess that 99% of American children (and 95% of their parents) have never heard of Wicca as an actual religion.

How do Wiccans actually feel?