Happy Ancient-Pagan-Holiday-Adopted-By-The- Early-Christians!

[JWBear]

Happy Easter! :D

[~MS~]

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday whatever your beliefs!

[wendybeth]

I don't care what anyone else says- I believe in the Easter Bunny!

(Happy Easter Bunny day, all!)

[Alex]

I successfully warded off Easter here. According to a commercial that just played on the radio it isn't Easter without a ham on the table.

I wasn't aware that Jesus had taken such firm measure to exclude Jews and Muslims from the day. He's apparently quite the ball buster.

I guess vegan Christians are just collateral damage (besides, they probably smell funny and Jesus probably has a really sensitive sense of smell).

[Disneyphile]

Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and (Belated) Happy Ostara to everyone!

Oh, and Happy Sunday to the more secular bunch. ;)

[Kevy Baby]

http://home.mindspring.com/~kevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bunny.jpg

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Oh, is this why there is cute bunny stuff everywhere right now?

Happy birthday, Munchkin.

[flippyshark]

re: this thread's title

I was under the impression that it was the Roman church, 300 plus years after the early Christians, who co-opted the pagan holidays - and a brilliant PR move it was.

I just like the fact that so much fertility imagery has survived. It's all about sex and regeneration and stuff. Woo-hoo!

Plus, there's bunnies.

[JWBear]

Well... "Early" is relative.

[scaeagles]

Yep - same thing with Christmas. Though I am a practicing Christian, I think it is evident that Jesus was born in the spring, but something else (winter solstice celebrations?) was co-opted as well.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Happy BYOBW Day!

[Deebs]

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday whatever your beliefs!
I like this! ^

Happy Beautiful Spring Day to you all. Unless it is cold or raining where you are, then I wish you just a Happy Day.

[Kevy Baby]

Yep - same thing with Christmas. Though I am a practicing Christian, I think it is evident that Jesus was born in the spring, but something else (winter solstice celebrations?) was co-opted as well.Basically yes: the Winter Solstice; sometimes referred to as Yule or Yuletide

A fairly decent overview from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule) (yes there are better descriptions, but I am lazy and this was the first thing to come up in my search):
Yule or Yule-tide is a winter festival that was initially celebrated by the historical Germanic peoples as a pagan religious festival, though it was later absorbed into, and equated with, the Christian festival of Christmas. The festival was originally celebrated from late December to early January on a date determined by the lunar Germanic calendar. The festival was placed on December 25 when the Christian (Julian) calendar was adopted. Some historians claim that the celebration is connected to the Wild Hunt or was influenced by Saturnalia, the Roman winter festival. The term "Yule" is still used in the Nordic Countries and to a lesser extent in English speaking countries to refer to Christmas. Customs such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others stem from Yule. In modern times, Yule is observed as a cultural festival and also with religious rites by some Christians and by some Neopagans.

[Gemini Cricket]

Hop hop hop hop! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkNEVoOmOA)

[katiesue]

Maddie already ate too much chocolate - hehe.

Happy whatever you choose to celebrate day.

[Not Afraid]

Ham and tri-tip in the tummy. I'm happy and Thurston is exhausted.

Happy Ostracizer everyone!

[RStar]

We had a Honey Baked Ham, Deviled eggs, and German Chocolate Cake. There's a mixed up holiday if I ever saw one! ;)

[flippyshark]

Happy BYOBW Day!

I always have to ask - BYOBW?

(bring your own - um ... sorry, stuck - help me out here.)

[Morrigoon]

Big Wheel.

[Chernabog]

Sweet zombie Jesus!

[keith - SuPeR K!]

I always have to ask - BYOBW?

(bring your own - um ... sorry, stuck - help me out here.)

Big Wheel! iSm and I attended a Big Wheel race earlier today in San Fran. This was the 9th year they have done the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race here on Easter and it was amazing!!!

[flippyshark]

Big Wheel! iSm and I attended a Big Wheel race earlier today in San Fran. This was the 9th year they have done the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race here on Easter and it was amazing!!!

I certainly never would have guessed that. but that sounds fun!

[Drince88]

Oh, I thought it was bunny wabbit!