I mean, they already have Easter, and then basically the whole month of December. It's not anyone else's fault that it got turned into a consumerism and capitalist mega payday.
Easter isn't even about Jesus. At least Christmas has the name, and some manger imagery, and other Christian-based stuff they can stamp on top of Saturnalia, but Easter is still named after the goddess of fertility with all the accompanying fertility and spring parts, from eggs to rabbits, to little sprouting plants and whatnot.
And I get that the Christians try to associate that spring renewal and rebirth with the resurrection, but I think that's a pretty big stretch to try to make it work.
Easter is not about Jesus. Every time somebody says "keep Christ in Christmas" I want to say "then get him out of Easter."
"Easter is the day Jesus rose"
...then it should be a set date. It is not.
Dude I remember that day Jesus rose from the dead. Crazy day. It was.. was it Wednesday? I'm not sure. No wait it was definitely Sunday. The first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Yeah that's when it was. Who could forget that?
Good Friday also gets a government holiday in 12 states as well, that should get an honorary mention. In public school ash Wednesday used to be a thing... But not sure if they finally did away with it
Hey don't be disingenuous... December is Coca-Cola marketing triumph month
"Let's celebrate by giving polar bears diabetes!"
Easter, Christmas? Never heard of them.
Are you talking about the festivals for spring equinox and winter solstice? More commonly known as the celebration of Ishtar, and Saturnalia?
I mean, they already have Easter, and then basically the whole month of December. It's not anyone else's fault that it got turned into a consumerism and capitalist mega payday.
Easter isn't even about Jesus. At least Christmas has the name, and some manger imagery, and other Christian-based stuff they can stamp on top of Saturnalia, but Easter is still named after the goddess of fertility with all the accompanying fertility and spring parts, from eggs to rabbits, to little sprouting plants and whatnot.
And I get that the Christians try to associate that spring renewal and rebirth with the resurrection, but I think that's a pretty big stretch to try to make it work.
Easter is not about Jesus. Every time somebody says "keep Christ in Christmas" I want to say "then get him out of Easter."
"Easter is the day Jesus rose"
...then it should be a set date. It is not.
Dude I remember that day Jesus rose from the dead. Crazy day. It was.. was it Wednesday? I'm not sure. No wait it was definitely Sunday. The first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Yeah that's when it was. Who could forget that?
Good Friday also gets a government holiday in 12 states as well, that should get an honorary mention. In public school ash Wednesday used to be a thing... But not sure if they finally did away with it
Hey don't be disingenuous... December is Coca-Cola marketing triumph month
"Let's celebrate by giving polar bears diabetes!"
Easter, Christmas? Never heard of them.
Are you talking about the festivals for spring equinox and winter solstice? More commonly known as the celebration of Ishtar, and Saturnalia?