Oh and by the way....

Happy Easter to those readers who are of the various Christian faiths allowed in a free society, we find it humorous that some Orthodox churches actually hold a procession going outside to look for the body of Christ and when they don't find it they shout "Christ has risen." But to each his own. Our main religious celebration involves Chocolate Easter bunnies and hard boiled eggs. (You see the chocolate Easter bunny represents our belief that Christ was a black man, and when they metaphysically ate of his flesh he was filled with chocolaty goodness. The hard boiled eggs represent our belief that at the last supper Judas said "Man it's so hot in here, I could hard boil eggs in my underwear." Ok actually that's not true, both the Easter bunny and the Colored eggs are ancient symbols of fertility, celebrated for thousands of years before anyone ever heard of Christ. The name Easter seems to have been derived from Eastre, the anglo saxon name of the tuetonic goddess of spring and fertility. Early Egyptians and Persians also colored eggs during the vernal equinox. The entire Easter holiday is based upon the idea of rebirth, as in the coming of spring after the winter sleep. Ancient religions celebrated the return of Persephone from the underworld to the light of day. Is it any wonder that the Christians chose these holidays to represent the rebirth of Christ. So again, Happy Easter to our Christian friends, and to you pagans out there Rejoice spring has come. Life begins anew. Ciao for now.