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Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323439]

Sat, 22 March 2008 22:44

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Just wanted to be the first to say happy easter to everyone here.
What are your familys doing for the date?

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Re: Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323444 is a reply to message #323439]

Sat, 22 March 2008 23:35

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I've always wondered how the fuck Easter came to be associated with finding eggs and rabbits. Anyone know why?

(In before South Park references, etc.)

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Sat, 22 March 2008 23:58

Renerage
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Easter and X-mas are about Jesus Aye?
Well, Explain St Nick then.
And I'll explain Easter Bunny.

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Re: Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323450 is a reply to message #323439]

Sun, 23 March 2008 01:02

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This is neither a heated discussion nor a debate. Moving to general forum.

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Re: Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323453 is a reply to message #323439]

Sun, 23 March 2008 01:32

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The church bells would be silent from Good Friday until Easter Sunday. This was to symbolise them leaving to Rome and coming back or something like that. I suppose that afterwards it was added that the bells came back from Rome, leaving chocolate eggs on their way which the children then went to search.

This isn't any info I found on the web, it's the way I understood it.

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Re: Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323455 is a reply to message #323439]

Sun, 23 March 2008 02:27

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I was told that the egg symbolizes the boulder which the women rolled away when they went to Jesus's tomb and found him gone. But it seems there are many ideas.

Let's ask Wikipedia.

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The egg is widely used as a symbol of new life just as a chick might hatch from the egg.

Another Orthodox tradition is the presenting of red colored eggs to friends while giving Easter greetings. Based on a History channel documentary about Mary Magdalene and her role in Christianity, the custom derives from a supposed extra-Biblical event. After the Ascension of Christ, Mary supposedly went to the Emperor of Rome and greeted him with "Christ is risen," whereupon he pointed to an egg on his table and stated, "Christ has not risen no more than that egg is red." After making this statement it is said the egg immediately turned blood red.

As for the easter bunny, whatever it has to do with easter.. lol Apparently rabbits are animals fo great fertility, and being spring some people decided to make some money off it?

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Re: Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323457 is a reply to message #323439]

Sun, 23 March 2008 03:44

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I too was going to say the symbolisation of rebirth.

Happy Easter Everyone

I'm just up, had half of an egg my lad didnt want Very Happy

later on I'm working, only off friday and tuesday next... Sad

but i don't start until 4 so not so bad.

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Re: Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323481 is a reply to message #323444]

Sun, 23 March 2008 08:48

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Canadacdn wrote on Sun, 23 March 2008 01:35

I've always wondered how the fuck Easter came to be associated with finding eggs and rabbits. Anyone know why?

(In before South Park references, etc.)

Pagan god Eastrè was a rabbit apparently.

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Re: Happy Easter Everyone. [message #323485 is a reply to message #323439]

Sun, 23 March 2008 09:03

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Easter is just getting like Christmas, meaning people just buy stuff and give away presents. Eat them selfs till they drop. Company's makeing huge profit. I don't want to be part of this group. Leaving out the true reason of easter. Not that I am celebrating that anyways.

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