bunnies and chickens as messengers of easter are holdovers from pagan iconography associated with the celebration of the spring equinox, which have been absorbed into the cultural jello mold that is the modern easter celebration.
So they say, but Easter derives directly from Passover in Judaism, which got un-pagan a hell of a long time ago. Passover’s date wasn’t moved like Christmas, was it? En francais, Paques=Easter, Paque=Passover (Hebrew Pessa’h). And I thought it was from “pax”, peace. Oh well. I have read Wikipedia. It also mentions eating baby lambs (agneau), with “very serious” beans (flageolets) in Germany & France.
I still buy my chillens stuffed animals, candy, and this year, robotic insects for easter, even though they are recalcitrant pimply teenagers who use my razor and cause me grief. I am waiting for them to sleep as we speak so I can put their baskets out. Bunny strikes again!
happy easter.
as i walked into the house and shouted a hello to the full moon, i am pretty sure this is the earliest possible easter- as it falls on the first sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
(totally not based on any sort of earth religion, eh?)
/jesus ate chocolate bunnies and colored eggs in the tomb…
The Hare Club for Men knows the true meaning of Easter. It celebrates St. Peter, who was in fact a rabbit, the only creature pure enough to represent Christianity.
Vernal equinox my ass. They call it that, but it’s really:
“The calculation of Easter in the Christian church (first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the March equinox), uses its own definition for the equinox — it always falls on March 21. The earliest possible Easter date in any year is therefore March 22.”
wendy’s is good when you’re STILL drunk (except if it’s after midnight, cause that’s when everything closes around here…). frosties are ALWAYS good though!
I visited the p&m this weekend and they have a wonderful wine shop. I picked up a red zinfandel and a bacon-infused chocolate bar. It’s a $7 chocolate bar, and every $1 bite of it was worth it. That’s my kind of Easter candy!
buster, I appreciate the link because I’d completely forgotten about it! I had never heard about the 1500-man Manila prison “Thriller” video, so that was as cool a find as the marshmallow tribute.
Yes Peeps are weird, but there is way worse stuff! Sour gummy worms and fruit roll-ups and purple ketchup just aren’t right.
Back to the wine shop, for the record, Crush’s prices are really good! I recognized some labels I’d bought at Crush and they were a few dollars less here in Charlottesville. And while I’m being super tangential, how come all the wine and beer tastings have to happen at the same time? Can someone ppick up Saturday???
I go away for a weekend, and I miss all the fun. I’ll never cheat on the ‘ville with DC ever again. Eight dollars for a pint of Bear Republic 60 minute IPA? Gah!
i like all the wine tastings on the same night but i wish they were spread out a little so i didn’t feel like i had to hurry so. or else i wish crush wouldn’t run out of food so quickly!
my mom used to put fruit roll-ups in my lunch box until another mother talked shit about her for giving me CANDY; she’d always thought they were FRUIT.
I went to a barrel tasting at Delfosse on Saturday…it was a lot of fun. They had a chocolate pairing with wine from a company out of Fredericksburg with things like lemon basil and chipotle chili pepper chocolate. I had never been to a barrel tasting before…they took us up to the barrels though and sampled the wine right from them and talked about what they were thinking about doing with it the next year…eg: making blends and whatnot. They had one that had turned out to be a 17% alcohol content that they’re going to market in smaller bottles and use in blends…it was delicious though.
@16- don’t try walking through the drive-thru, however.
better to drive-drunk-thru, apparently…
@12- yes, yes they are (i can’t believe someone put them on their wedding cake… wait, yes i can)
and i alwyas secretly felt my older brother might be a bit, er…”slow” for liking the Peeps. ahh, thanks c-villain for letting me finally get that one off my chest
/hee hee
bunnies and chickens as messengers of easter are holdovers from pagan iconography associated with the celebration of the spring equinox, which have been absorbed into the cultural jello mold that is the modern easter celebration.
the photo above is actually a snapshot of hell.
So they say, but Easter derives directly from Passover in Judaism, which got un-pagan a hell of a long time ago. Passover’s date wasn’t moved like Christmas, was it? En francais, Paques=Easter, Paque=Passover (Hebrew Pessa’h). And I thought it was from “pax”, peace. Oh well. I have read Wikipedia. It also mentions eating baby lambs (agneau), with “very serious” beans (flageolets) in Germany & France.
I still buy my chillens stuffed animals, candy, and this year, robotic insects for easter, even though they are recalcitrant pimply teenagers who use my razor and cause me grief. I am waiting for them to sleep as we speak so I can put their baskets out. Bunny strikes again!
/jesus who?
my mommy still gets me & my brother & father lindt bunnies & godiva santas. that’s some good chocolate!
happy easter.
as i walked into the house and shouted a hello to the full moon, i am pretty sure this is the earliest possible easter- as it falls on the first sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
(totally not based on any sort of earth religion, eh?)
/jesus ate chocolate bunnies and colored eggs in the tomb…
/jesus ate chocolate bunnies and colored eggs in the tomb…
“sacridelicious” - homer
The Hare Club for Men knows the true meaning of Easter. It celebrates St. Peter, who was in fact a rabbit, the only creature pure enough to represent Christianity.
Duh.
sshhh….be vewwy, vewwy, quiet. I’m hunting wabbits.
huhuhuhuhuhuh
Vernal equinox my ass. They call it that, but it’s really:
“The calculation of Easter in the Christian church (first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the March equinox), uses its own definition for the equinox — it always falls on March 21. The earliest possible Easter date in any year is therefore March 22.”
Is the Easter candy on sale yet?
/Peeps!
some peeple have too much time on their hands:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/03/21/GA2008032101983.html?sid=ST2008032102694
my personal favorites are the amadeus and star trek entries…
peeps are f’in disgusting. do people actually eat them?
all I know is that cuz some guy got nailed to a piece of wood 2000 years ago, I couldn’t get my hangover absorbing 5 Guys deliciousness today.
Wendy’s is no substitute
I heard no rekop tonight… true? say it aint so…
I’m having to hope that it’s “no”. I’m beat
/woke up at 2…
wendy’s is good when you’re STILL drunk (except if it’s after midnight, cause that’s when everything closes around here…). frosties are ALWAYS good though!
@12 THANK YOU SHEN! My mom is obsessed with them, but I hate those things! How does anyone like them?!
I’m using almost as many exclamations as yupster!
mmmm maya is gud when you are still drunk. and sorry no rekop tonight.
@17: i once went to a wedding and they had this peep on top of their wedding cake from like the first time they met. ew.
@18 some how I knew you would be a this peep show
Thanks for thinking of me Tim!!!!!!!
I visited the p&m this weekend and they have a wonderful wine shop. I picked up a red zinfandel and a bacon-infused chocolate bar. It’s a $7 chocolate bar, and every $1 bite of it was worth it. That’s my kind of Easter candy!
buster, I appreciate the link because I’d completely forgotten about it! I had never heard about the 1500-man Manila prison “Thriller” video, so that was as cool a find as the marshmallow tribute.
Yes Peeps are weird, but there is way worse stuff! Sour gummy worms and fruit roll-ups and purple ketchup just aren’t right.
Back to the wine shop, for the record, Crush’s prices are really good! I recognized some labels I’d bought at Crush and they were a few dollars less here in Charlottesville. And while I’m being super tangential, how come all the wine and beer tastings have to happen at the same time? Can someone ppick up Saturday???
I had a lot of fun at the party last night until you guys took the ax away from me. the terrorists have won
@3: cutest post ever
@22 : scariest
we’re all afraid of terrorists, mc.
Actually, Silmo, we were all afraid of you wielding an ax at 4 in the morning.
And I concur about the ickiness of peeps. So gross.
Ha Ha Trillian
I had a lot of fun at the party last night
I go away for a weekend, and I miss all the fun. I’ll never cheat on the ‘ville with DC ever again. Eight dollars for a pint of Bear Republic 60 minute IPA? Gah!
Bear RepublicDogfish Head 60 minute IPAApparently the extra money was for the memory lapses that come the day after drinking it.
i like all the wine tastings on the same night but i wish they were spread out a little so i didn’t feel like i had to hurry so. or else i wish crush wouldn’t run out of food so quickly!
my mom used to put fruit roll-ups in my lunch box until another mother talked shit about her for giving me CANDY; she’d always thought they were FRUIT.
Well at least she didn’t take away your ax!
I went to a barrel tasting at Delfosse on Saturday…it was a lot of fun. They had a chocolate pairing with wine from a company out of Fredericksburg with things like lemon basil and chipotle chili pepper chocolate. I had never been to a barrel tasting before…they took us up to the barrels though and sampled the wine right from them and talked about what they were thinking about doing with it the next year…eg: making blends and whatnot. They had one that had turned out to be a 17% alcohol content that they’re going to market in smaller bottles and use in blends…it was delicious though.
@29- during the 80’s, they were fruit;)
@16- don’t try walking through the drive-thru, however.
better to drive-drunk-thru, apparently…
@12- yes, yes they are (i can’t believe someone put them on their wedding cake… wait, yes i can)
and i alwyas secretly felt my older brother might be a bit, er…”slow” for liking the Peeps. ahh, thanks c-villain for letting me finally get that one off my chest
/hee hee
sour gummy worms and fruit rollups are delicious.
I love sour candy. The bigger the pucker, the better.
@33, it’s true. and also sour patch kids, and sour jelly beans, and sour gummy lifesavers, and sour spiders, and sour milk.
oh, not sour milk.
hey, we’re making fun of you over in the nicknames post, go look
@32: thanks, i’ll tell my mother, make her feel better.
@31: dammit, i meant to go. events at delfosse are always great.
Fruit Roll Ups were, adn still are, delicious. Also delicous, the generic Giant brand fruit snacks. And the ones with the white sharks.