Mass for the Masses
Easter is an odd holiday. It doesn’t have that pomp and circumstance attached to most celebratory days. People love Christmas because you get gifts, see friends and family and basically everyone is nice. New Years is popular because everyone is still in the afterglow of Christmas; plus you can get shit-faced drunk and kiss strangers at midnight. Next on the list is Thanksgiving where you get two extra days off work and all the food you can eat; thanks. Then would be the Fourth of July, here you get a day off plus fireworks (if you live next to Disneyland like I do, the firework thing isn’t all that special). After that you get stray holiday like Memorial Day, Labor Day, Presidents day, and Martin Luther King day; all popular due to the day off from work. Now you throw in Valentine’s day, Mother’s day and Father’s day because some people get gifts and you’ve hit the favorites.
Easter isn’t in the top ten. Why? Well, what does Easter mean? If you’re pagan then it’s the celebration of the spring solstice. If you’re Christian or a few other religions then it’s the resurrection of Christ. If you are not in one of those two categories, then it’s a Sunday like any other. Somehow elements of the pagan celebration has crept into the Christian one, that’s why we give kids eggs and bunnies at Easter, they’re signs of fertility… are you sure you want to give your twelve year old daughter a fertility symbol? The other big thing is Easter services… yes, for those of you who usually skip church, this is your one day a year to go and make up for it. For those who go to church regularly, this is the long day.
Now I tried to remember what I did the last couple of Easters. Last year I did a photo shoot with a lovely little Swedish woman named Anna. Talk about a fertility symbols. She’s the type that could resurrect a few men, but that’s a different topic and I found out my mom reads these so… back on to topic. I can’t remember what I did any of the Easters prior. If you’re not a religious person, then you are probably in the same boat I am; only realizing that it was Easter because the calendar said so, some of the stores are closed and an Easter email card from my parents.
Thank Mom and Dad… Happy Easter.
Easter is an odd holiday. It doesn’t have that pomp and circumstance attached to most celebratory days. People love Christmas because you get gifts, see friends and family and basically everyone is nice. New Years is popular because everyone is still in the afterglow of Christmas; plus you can get shit-faced drunk and kiss strangers at midnight. Next on the list is Thanksgiving where you get two extra days off work and all the food you can eat; thanks. Then would be the Fourth of July, here you get a day off plus fireworks (if you live next to Disneyland like I do, the firework thing isn’t all that special). After that you get stray holiday like Memorial Day, Labor Day, Presidents day, and Martin Luther King day; all popular due to the day off from work. Now you throw in Valentine’s day, Mother’s day and Father’s day because some people get gifts and you’ve hit the favorites.
Easter isn’t in the top ten. Why? Well, what does Easter mean? If you’re pagan then it’s the celebration of the spring solstice. If you’re Christian or a few other religions then it’s the resurrection of Christ. If you are not in one of those two categories, then it’s a Sunday like any other. Somehow elements of the pagan celebration has crept into the Christian one, that’s why we give kids eggs and bunnies at Easter, they’re signs of fertility… are you sure you want to give your twelve year old daughter a fertility symbol? The other big thing is Easter services… yes, for those of you who usually skip church, this is your one day a year to go and make up for it. For those who go to church regularly, this is the long day.
Now I tried to remember what I did the last couple of Easters. Last year I did a photo shoot with a lovely little Swedish woman named Anna. Talk about a fertility symbols. She’s the type that could resurrect a few men, but that’s a different topic and I found out my mom reads these so… back on to topic. I can’t remember what I did any of the Easters prior. If you’re not a religious person, then you are probably in the same boat I am; only realizing that it was Easter because the calendar said so, some of the stores are closed and an Easter email card from my parents.
Thank Mom and Dad… Happy Easter.
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