Happy Easter

Today, as most know, is Easter. The day Christ was resurrected. Clearly the obvious choice for celebration is to put candy in baskets and paint on eggs. Then you must lie to your children and tell them a bunny came to their house and hid stuff in their yard. This all makes SO much sense...but just for fun. I did a little teeny bit of research on the topic of: The EASTER BUNNY!
Skeptic that I may be, it's quite the search. The results are even more fun.

First off, in case anyone was wondering WHERE the bunny hopped on over from...That would be in Alsace. But it's Germany you have to thank for the chocolate ones.
Second...I DID manage to make a little sense of the whole...rabbit/egg bit. Both being symbols of fertility. The next step was connecting that to the resurrection of Christ. I may just be missing the big obvious connection but if that's the case....yeah I'm just not seeing it.
Anyway then there was this whole bit on how rabbits mate like mad this time of year and the males are always fighting over the females, but the females always "rebuff" the males before they really get a chance. Interesting bit I'd like to point out here is that, that particular part reminds me tremendously of my life, and the life of so many others. Can I get a what-WHAT?
In short. No one really knows why a rabbit would "lay eggs" (or steal them from poor innocent chickens) or why we celebrate this on this day. So after all that research....I found out a lot about nothing. And just suckered you into reading all about it!! But FURTHERMORE.....

Of course most places don't let the whole giant sneaky bunny thing fly. For example...In the Czech Republic, apparently it's traditional to spank and/or whip the women. Then they throw cold water on them. BUT (here's the catch) apparently it is NOT painful and it is said that the whipping and what not is necessary for maintaining the woman's beauty and health. So if you're ever feeling down. Ask someone to whip you, spank you, and throw cold water on you. ColdFX is just a marketing scam. No offense ColdFX.

Or Nordic countries like to watch Murder stories on Easter. Which I find somewhat ironic....or insensitive....or something. I'm not quite sure what I think of this one...

Finland/Sweden/Denmark-Apparently kids like to dress up as witches and such, go door to door and collect....pussy willows. Yes.

But we are not ones to judge really. We have a giant bunny that hippity hops on down the bunny trail hiding unborn chickens in our yards. But it's all good. They're colored. Not to worry.
Happy Easter everybody. Enjoy the day and be glad you are making merriment and not being ambushed with cold water. Unless thats your thing. Which it may be. I can't judge if I haven't tried it. Maybe next year I'll go abroad for Easter.