I like Easter !!!

[phreakwars]

Although the 4th of July is my favorite holiday, next in line would have to be Easter. I like it because it is not hyped up with controversy. Unless you count the retard who wants to sue the Easter bunny. Everybody who is Christian will usually follow the LENT guidelines leading up to the Holiday, fish sales are through the roof, and everyone is actually quite happier this time of year. Much happier then that fake bullshit Christmas time happiness, Spring is in the air, the cold winter is coming to pass and we celebrate the resurrection of our saviour Jesus H. Christ. Muslims and Christians alike celebrate the saviour.. In case some of you never realized this, Jesus is part of the Qur'an too.. And Deist such as myself celebrate by taking a damn day off because of the holiday and Grilling out, playing egg hunt games, and living the Easter bunny hype with our kids... I am also visiting the zoo over the weekend, we have been having real good weather and I don't need to be back to work until Tuesday... YEAH !!!! But most of all, I am also celebrating our lord.. well MY lord anyways, by thanking him for being alive. And enjoying this mud ball he made me a part of by experiencing the outside...so with that......... Happy Easter everyone !!!

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[TheJenn88]

Barbeque, choclate, alcohol, hell yea! Best holiday of the year

[eisanbt]

I Spent Good Friday at a CD release show where I got my neck cut open by some dipshit who went in the pit with inch long spikes, my roomate outdid me wuth 2 stiches in his mouth from bouncing off somebody's head. I can't move much today, too sore. We're out of food from 3days of parties here (Fucking thankless guests) All in all I guess this has been my best easter yet.

 

Thank You Hellacaust, Troy kirker is MY born again Jesus.

 

http://www.gwnrecords.com/sample/hellacaust_Embrace_Of_Insanity.mp3

[Gallytuck]

The Easter Egg comes from the Pagan roots of the deal. It's a fertility symbol. Individuals such as myself take it a step further to say that since it's a fertility festival it must mean it's about sex. And we like that. So we like this holiday. Headin' out to a pub later for the first time in too long.

[RoyalOrleans]

Easter is another commercialized holiday without the glow of Christmas. I reckon, Jesus' resurrection was not as miraculous as his birth.

[TheJenn88]

Easter is another commercialized holiday without the glow of Christmas. I reckon, Jesus' resurrection was not as miraculous as his birth.

 

chocolate

Who cares if it's commercialized

 

Also, Jesus told us to drink wine for it is his blood. You might as well just call it a drinking holiday! It's like he's SAYING to drink

[Komrade Vostok Hazard]

Well I guess if some dead guy named Jesus is telling us to be winos for three days it can't be so bad.

 

But yea good friday was quite interesting. Me and this chick were getting loaded off cider in a park...it was fun that was until I had too much to drink, someone mentioned the name of some asshole I want to beat the hell out of then I lost it. Yay.

[RoyalOrleans]

chocolate

Who cares if it's commercialized

 

Also, Jesus told us to drink wine for it is his blood. You might as well just call it a drinking holiday! It's like he's SAYING to drink

 

You call it a drinking holiday, but here in the Dirty South... nobody drinks on Easter. In fact, most restaurants and pubs are closed.

[Komrade Vostok Hazard]

You call it a drinking holiday, but here in the Dirty South... nobody drinks on Easter. In fact, most restaurants and pubs are closed.

 

 

See...down in bible land, where the Christainazis haven't crawled out of the primordial ooze long enough to realize that long weekends are intended for getting completely fucked up, you're supposed to stock up on yummies BEFORE the weekend, and then when it rolls around, you sneak into a bush, back alley, abandoned building, etc where the Jesus gestapo will be less likely to see you and proceed to get plastered.

[skategreen]

I agree with Phreak..

 

Easter heralds Spring, - and Spring is such an uplifting time. I love the surges of hope and joy, brought on by freshets of soft winds and blue skies...

 

Spring... is 9 years old, jumping on my bike on a Sunny Saturday Morning Feeling.

 

This Easter I'm very pleased to be awake and planning a day.

 

I've spent the last 3 days in a busy whirlwind. My place is clean and fresh from top to bottom. Winter has been cleaned out and put away.

 

The Glorious New Home contract will be signed on Monday and all is well. I'm carbonated with excitement - it'll soon be MINE! (see gallery)

 

I've not just Chicken Tikka Masala, but Chicken Korma TOO! - busy marinading in the fridge... I'm doing it! I'm doing it! I'm trying out the new recipes, and fingers are crossed and vibrating with anticipation!

 

and best of all, my dearest Punkin-Pie has emailed from Cesky Krumlov, and is blissfully happy. She's found a landing place in her travels, and writes of her serenity and excitement with flowing eloquence.

 

It's a good day

 

already.

[Hamza123]

Damn it... I really need chocolate.

 

http://www.ivorysky.com/creme-egg/slides/step-12.jpg

[jokersarewild]

I was talking about his with a couple of friends in my English class, and we all agreed that this was a holiday based on fertility. One kid brought up something (don't know if this is true). He said that easter was originally a time to have an orgy and worship a bunny. Again, don't know if this is true, but if it is, All Hail the Easter Bunny!

[Lethalfind]

I was talking about his with a couple of friends in my English class, and we all agreed that this was a holiday based on fertility. One kid brought up something (don't know if this is true). He said that easter was originally a time to have an orgy and worship a bunny. Again, don't know if this is true, but if it is, All Hail the Easter Bunny!

 

"Many of the holidays we celebrate today are considered Christian, but the origins of many modern-day holidays are older than Christianity.

 

Easter

The Christian holiday of Easter commemorates the crucifixion of Christ, and his rise from the dead into heaven. Then where do all the symbolism of bunnies, and eggs come from? It's more than coincedence that the early Pagans had a holiday to mark the Spring Equinox, called Ostara, usually celebrated around March 21st. With the return of spring, came the birthing of the farm animals for the year. Which is why we see bunnies, chicks, eggs and little lambs as symbols for this holiday. Part of the Ostara mythology involved the return of various deities from the underworld (symbolic of the end of winter). So it's not surprising that this holiday got enmeshed with the Christian story of the ressurection of Christ.

Christmas

Even non-Pagans use the term "Yule" around the Christmas holidays. Yule is celebrated on the Winter Solstice (December 22nd), on the shortest day of the year. Since the days get longer from this point in the year, Yule is a celebration of the returning sun and the rebirth of the God who died at Hallowe'en. As with Easter, the Christian story of the birth of Jesus fits nicely with the Pagan mythology of a God reborn. Traditions such as wreaths and Yule logs are remnants of the original beliefs. Gifts were exchanged at Yule long before the Wise Men offered their gifts to the baby Jesus.

Groundhog Day

Well, it's not specifically Christian or celebrated as intensely as the two holidays just mentioned, Groundhog Day is still part of the modern-day year. Candlemas (or Imbolc) is celebrated on February 2nd. Because spring is just starting to show itself at this time of year, there were various superstitions about predicting the weather, and how long it would be until the end of winter. The original idea was to watch for a hedgehog, but as people immigrated to North America, the tradition changed to a ground hog to suit local wildlife.

Hallowe'en

Ok, everyone knows that Hallowe'en is a Pagan holiday, but there are many misconceptions surrounding what the holiday really means. Pagans call the day Samhain (SOW-en or sow-EEN). The old God dies on this day, and the Goddess mourns him until his rebirth at Yule. We use this day to honour and remember our loved ones who have passed on. In an effort to diffuse the interest in this heathen holiday, the Church created All Saint's Day (November 1) as a holy day to recognize all the Catholic saints. But it wasn't a powerful enough idea to wipe out the traditional Hallowe'en celebrattions. Ironically, many Christians do not approve of the celebration of Hallowe'en because of its Pagan origins, not realizing that almost all of the holidays they observe had Pagan beginnings. Why are major Christian holidays layered on older Pagan festivals? The central reason is that as Christianity was struggling for acceptance in Europe, the country-folk would not give up their age-old traditions. By blending the old with the new, it was easier for the Church to convert the locals. "

 

http://paganwiccan.about.com/library/weekly/aa032503holidays.htm

 

Pointing this out really upsets some people but the facts of history are what they are...I could care less, I enjoy celebrating them as they are today. For example we love to celebrate halloween however this does not mean we worship the dead or some other insane notion...