Last night I had a dream that I was a little kid again and my brother and I were running around the house looking for our Easter eggs as part of our annual Easter egg hunt.  At the end we always got our Easter basket with this giant chocolate bunny and assorted goodies.  It got me thinking this morning about these traditions that we all have during the holidays, that have nothing to do with the real purpose or reason for the inception of the holiday.  Easter is a happy time for kids, filled with bunnies, marshmallow chicks, colored eggs, and lots of chocolate.  This is technically a morbid holiday, celebrating the death and resurrection of our religious leader… In other countries around the world, they re-enact the crucifixion at this time of year, but here…. no we eat chocolate!  It just really seems bizarre to me.   Who came up with adding a bunny and chocolate to this particular holiday?  I would like to meet this man…. its pure genius…

Same thing with Christmas!  Whose idea was it to bring a tree in the house and put lights on it to celebrate the birth of Jesus?  How did they come up with this idea?  What man came up with the idea of hanging mistletoe (besides one trying to get in the pants of whatever lady was nearby)?  These are things that make no real sense to me…. I have been pondering this all day, and I can’t come up with any type of answer that makes sense.  Maybe it came to them in a dream too…