# Easter is now "spring"! Did I miss a memo? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591 "2003-03-27T19:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/1 "2003-03-27T19:42:01Z")
Yeah, that’s right, shopping malls now have spring bunnies instead of Easter bunnies! When the fuck did this happen? Are athiests and non-Christians that hung up on kids visiting someone in a bunny suit at the local mall? Have malls taken to renaming Santa Claus too? This PC crap is getting ridiculous! ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/2 "2003-03-27T19:48:10Z")
Well, we all know how important a role bunnies with chocolate eggs played in the resurrection. You should be happy that this “PC crap is getting ridiculous” enough to separate the secular springtime symbolism and commercialism from what’s supposed to be a religious holiday. Fuck the Easter Bunny. [sub]metaphorically, of course. Or literally. Whatever.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/3 "2003-03-27T19:51:44Z")
Dammit, that mythical pastel rabbit who brings candy damn well better continue to be associated with the solemn death and resurrection of my god. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/4 "2003-03-27T19:53:06Z")
Well, being’s as the bunnies and eggs and other Easter accoutrements you’re bitching about are _pagan_ symbols co-oted from a pagan holiday, I’d think Christians would be happy to get rid of them. Apparently not, though. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/5 "2003-03-27T19:57:03Z")
I don’t see what everybody’s so worked up about. What’s the point to Easter, anyway? All the stores are closed, and it’s just another boring Sunday. Besides, I hate those ugly pastel colors anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/6 "2003-03-27T19:57:13Z")
Yeah, and we continue to bring evergreen boughs indoors too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/7 "2003-03-27T19:59:28Z")
**photopat** , it’s not about Easter, it’s about PCism run amok. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/8 "2003-03-27T20:04:00Z")
Besides, did anybody ask the goddess Eoster how she felt about the Christians co-opting her one holiday? I’ll bet they didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/9 "2003-03-27T20:04:48Z")
Don’t worry about it, **Jeff**. Remember what Jesus said: “If you strike me down now, I’ll become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” That’s the true spirit of Easter, not some guy in a bunny suit grabbing your nuts on the subway. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/10 "2003-03-27T20:06:02Z")
I know Jeff, and the PCism is ridiculous, but then, the bunny thing is pretty silly too. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/11 "2003-03-27T20:07:01Z")
Wow, **Giraffe** , that’s an Easter tradition I’ve never heard of! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/12 "2003-03-27T20:12:54Z")
I don’t see what everybody’s so worked up about. What’s the point to Easter, anyway? All the stores are closed, and it’s just another boring Sunday. Besides, I hate those ugly pastel colors anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/13 "2003-03-27T20:14:30Z")
I won’t even get into Easter egg hunts… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/14 "2003-03-27T20:26:59Z")
That’s the weirdest double post I’ve ever seen, photopat. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/15 "2003-03-27T20:32:18Z")
I’m an agnostic, but I don’t mind celebrating Easter (except for the fact that it falls on a Sunday – we celebrate it on Saturday), but the christians are the ones that get their knickers in a twist because we don’t play along with the resurrection bit. Call it what you want, but I still wish I could get an extra day off work for it! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/16 "2003-03-27T20:41:03Z")
Aw, put on yer spring bonnet and chill, dude. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrLizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@DrLizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLizardo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/17 "2003-03-27T20:45:50Z")
Personally, I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about it. I like spring, I like bunnies, I definitely like chocolate eggs. As to what it’s called, I say it’s a case of let the fucking market dictate. Yay Capitalism! Either there will be more Christians upset at stores who excise easter and they’ll lose biz, or there will be more folks who are offended by mentioning easter and WILL patronize the stores. Either way, those who wanna sell more fill follow the dictates of people’s checkbooks. The other XX% of us who don’t much care (I’m betting on high 90’s for that percentage…) can just shop as usual and let the “swing vote” determine whether they’re “spring bunnies” or “easter bunnies” ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/18 "2003-03-27T21:01:51Z")
Actually, I am quite surprised at how long Christians have continued celebrating Easter with all the symbols of Ostara–the eggs, the bunnies, the Easter lilies and whatnot. All are fertility symbols to celebrate the power of woman’s sexuality in honor of the Goddess Ostara. Granted, the egg has been used in religious rites of many various faiths as a symbol of rebirth, but there is nothing distinctly Christian about it. The Easter Bunny, if he were to identify a faith, would most certainly tell you his roots are pagan. It is very likely this realization is what brought about the name change. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/19 "2003-03-27T21:09:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Yeah, that’s right, shopping malls now have spring bunnies instead of Easter bunnies! When the fuck did this happen? Are athiests and non-Christians that hung up on kids visiting someone in a bunny suit at the local mall? Have malls taken to renaming Santa Claus too? This PC crap is getting ridiculous! \*\* Sounds to me like _you’re_ the one who’s hung up on it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591/20 "2003-03-27T21:34:08Z")
I fully support the continued secularization of our nations holidays. Get that god crap out of there and focus on what the holidays are _really_ about: commercialization and mass consumption. [sub]Where’re my fucking Cadbury Creame Eggs?[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-is-now-spring-did-i-miss-a-memo/164591.md?page=2)