It's concerning how many witches and magical girls there are for have business based off it (though in hindsight it makes sense,universe is a big place
and damn, Kyoko being left out hurts to read, funny repeating gag but ouch
all these celebrations where food is wasted is probably cause of harvest festivals and celebrating cause of an abundant harvest and having a food surplus which eventually transformed and carried to modern day. Don't @ me on that though just throwing words out there to stimulate my and your brain, probably should just research each festival since they undoubtably have a varied and rich history