Easter?

[mimi_sardinia]

I have a rather uncaring attitude to Easter. It's a thinly painted-over pagan festival masquerading as Christian.

For one, Easter falls on the fourth full moon of the year. If that doesn't smack of pagan tradition, I don't know what does. Even Halloween isn't quite so blatant since it has a set date and isn't determined by lunar phases.

For two, there's a small historical point that when Rome took up Christianity as it's state religion, it re-purposed a whole stack of pagan festivals. Easter is one of them. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm a bit of a hypocrite about this because I still observe Christmas, which is just as much one of those re-purposed festivals.

Neither the Birth or Death of Christ would have been anywhere near the dates of Christmas or Easter.

But the biggest reason in my pragmatic view of the whole thing? Chocolate. I mentioned it before, but two 400g blocks of Cadbury's almond milk chocolate on sale for $9. For the same aproximate price? A 200g egg. I don't bother with buying Easter eggs because all you're paying for is the moulding and foil. I'd rather the chocolate thanks!

Comments

[halo-of-thorns.livejournal.com]

Totally agree with you on all counts. Except I like chocolate eggs, but you are right about the value. Especially since Easter Sunday evening all the chocolate eggs were reduced at the supermarket to 50% off. Which really says something. People are willing to spend so much for one day, but if they just wait till the day after they are cheap as, but of course they need them for easter day so they pay the full amount anyway.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Christmas is the same - I love peppermint candy canes, but the best time to buy them is after Xmas, when they're on discount.