Yes, Dogmamma ( and IF)... the widely-held meaning of "witch" has been brought straight to you from the fear of male priests 'way back when', a new religion keen to take the unnatural power from women and which viewed women as evil (the original sin, the temptress - look what they did to the disciple Mary Magdalane) - we have the power to create life, we can bleed copiously every month and not die - and back then many women had knowledge of healing, and this knowledge is being found and shared again - amongst men and women, Christian and Pagan alike.

JuJu... in North America, the Raven often appears as a God but in Celtic understandings, the Raven is a signatory creature... the Raven is often associated with powerful Goddess figures.
The Celts believed the Raven to be one of three oldest animals (the other two being the trout and the stag). The Raven is a creature of wisdom (there is a saying/blessing wishing the "wisdom of the raven".
Ravens are associated with death transitions in Celtic lore - Raven is the carrier of souls between the spirit world and the earth plane. Raven can foretell the beginning of a new life, but usually is associated with the transition from life to the next place we travel.

Tater... like you I am sad at the commercialisation, and like your parents, my partner and I stress that these commercial events are actually not about buying more stuff. Their birthdays are when the money is spent.