Resurrection day
Hey, Happy Passover. And Easter. Here’s what you can say to all your non-christian friends: Did you know this Friday is Good Friday? Do you know why this Friday is good and all the other ones aren’t? It’s because it’s when Jesus was crucified.
Wait, what?
What a great conversation starter! Did you know that this holiday is much more significant than Christmas? But we get presents at Christmas. Sometimes people get presents on Easter too, but it’s not the same. It doesn’t have carols. Christmas has carols. Christmas Carols, we call them. They’re not Easter carols. Did you know why Easter is called Easter? I’ll give you a hint, it has nothing to do with Jesus or graves, or any sort of rising from the dead. Give up! It’s a pagan holiday. The early Christians were persecuted and so sought to hide their worship and celebration by putting them at the same time as major pagan holidays. Christmas was put in December so that while the rest of the Roman empire was celebrating Saturnalia, Christians could celebrate Christmas. The same can be said about Easter, except without the carols. If you'd like to know more, click a book!
We've got Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Black Saturday, and Easter Sunday! It's like our version of Hanukkah. I also heard once that Wednesday is supposed to be when Judas accepted the 30 pieces of silver and so is known as Spy Wednesday, but I don't know how accurate that is. It would really make Monday and Tuesday really uncomfortable, you know? How about Angry in the Temple Monday and Trying to Explain to These Dudes About My Impending Death and Glorious Return But They're Just Not Getting It Tuesday?
We'll work on it.
Peeps for all ma peeps!
Wait, what?
What a great conversation starter! Did you know that this holiday is much more significant than Christmas? But we get presents at Christmas. Sometimes people get presents on Easter too, but it’s not the same. It doesn’t have carols. Christmas has carols. Christmas Carols, we call them. They’re not Easter carols. Did you know why Easter is called Easter? I’ll give you a hint, it has nothing to do with Jesus or graves, or any sort of rising from the dead. Give up! It’s a pagan holiday. The early Christians were persecuted and so sought to hide their worship and celebration by putting them at the same time as major pagan holidays. Christmas was put in December so that while the rest of the Roman empire was celebrating Saturnalia, Christians could celebrate Christmas. The same can be said about Easter, except without the carols. If you'd like to know more, click a book!
We've got Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Black Saturday, and Easter Sunday! It's like our version of Hanukkah. I also heard once that Wednesday is supposed to be when Judas accepted the 30 pieces of silver and so is known as Spy Wednesday, but I don't know how accurate that is. It would really make Monday and Tuesday really uncomfortable, you know? How about Angry in the Temple Monday and Trying to Explain to These Dudes About My Impending Death and Glorious Return But They're Just Not Getting It Tuesday?
We'll work on it.
Peeps for all ma peeps!
posted by Monsterbeard @ 1:53 AM
3 Comments:
At 8:08 AM, April 06, 2007,
Class of 2000 officers said…
after years of clicking in vain, i can finally think about taking you off notice.
i am hesitant to commit to a full rejoice, but i will get up from the cube and get a cup of the finest coffee in the world to celebrate.
you are dangerously close to making me break my Lent promise (of not thinking about religion)just a few days before Easter.
At 8:22 AM, April 11, 2007,
crankin said…
you gave up thinking about religion for lent?! amazing.
At 2:13 PM, April 11, 2007,
Anonymous said…
welcome back, christoperobin.
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