Showing posts with label easter traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label easter traditions. Show all posts

Monday, April 23, 2012

Eggs and Bunnies and Peeps, Oh my!

I like jelly beans. A lot.  

"Hey it's Easter, the day Jesus rose from the dead.  What should we do?"
"...How bout eggs?"
"But what does that have to do with Jesus?"
"Alright, we'll hide 'em!"
"I'm not sure I follow your logic.."
"Don't worry, there's a bunny."
-Jim Gaffigan

He's got a point.  Where do enormous anthropomorphic bunnies dispensing colored hen eggs factor into the commemoration of the death and resurrection of the Savior? I can't even think of some arcane, metaphorical way they could be related, so where does it come from? I could probably find out in 5 seconds on Wikipedia, but I'd rather just believe it's an unsolved mystery, like Nessie or Jimmy Hoffa.