Resurrection Eggs ?!?

OK, I have lots of issues with Easter to begin with. Like any other Christian holiday, much of the themes are from much earlier pagan or local traditions. You bring fir trees inside at the winter solstice to celebrate life through the cold bleak winter season. You celebrate the rebirth of the earth in spring using symbols like eggs and bunnies. But Christian Easter jumps in here with their version of the resurrection story.

Of course, many grade school children who are forced into Sunday school eventually question what eggs and bunnies have to do with Christ being crucified and then apparently rising from the dead. Plus, if it's a Christian holiday, why does its date follow the Hebrew calendar? Except for "educated Christians" who have done their share of reading and comprehending the history of such holidays, most people would probably create some kind of kludgey circular answer.

Now in an apparent attempt to close this gap, some marketing genius has created "resurrection eggs" where you take plastic Easter eggs and fill them with little Christian symbols and hide them around the yard. Now you can turn that fun time into a "fun faith-filled Easter egg hunt". Woohoo - just what every kid wants is more brainwashing while hoping for chocolate goodies.

But just be sure to re-read the gospels before hand and highlight anywhere in there where eggs (plastic or otherwise) are mentioned. (hint: don't spend too much time on this, as there are zero references)

For another year in my household we will be celebrating the coming of spring. This will be via the American traditional Easter basket with colorful fake grass, various egg-shaped objects (plastic or jelly beans), and a chocolate bunny or two.

Happy Spring!