Guys Only for a Personal Reason, What does Easter Mean to you?

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**Is It All About The Lord and Family or just Maybe Getting a Gift? xxoo

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

To be sure, in our family growing up it was a huge holiday. My mother decorated the house. She had a little Easter village with Bunny figurines, she had a wreath on the front door with an Easter there - flowers and colored eggs and a couple of Bunny figures, and suchlike.

We would get up and look for the Easter baskets that the Bunny had hidden. These had always been hand made by my mother and were wrapped in colored celophane with a big chocolate bunny in the center - in the Bicentennial year of 1976, I still remember this, it was "Peter Patriot." The Bunny also brought us a few wrapped presents as well - and again these were all hidden all over the house and we hand to hunt for them.

Then we would go to church - which to be fair as little kids we were not all that keen on. Then to my mother's parent's house for brunch and --- guess what? ------ the Easter Bunny happened to have visited there and we got another smaller basket and a couple more presents.

Then after that to my Dad's parent's house where there was a huge dinner party - probably 60 or so people, friends and cousins - that would go fairly late into the evening.

On top of all that, in those days the public schools actually gave you an Easter break that ran from Good Friday through the whole week after Easter Sunday. So you got home late on Easter night but knowing that you had a whole week ahead of you to do whatever you want. The weather was finally - we lived in Michigan - turning warm after a long winter and as little kids we were out to run and play all day. When I was I high school, my friends and I would make day trips to local parks and such.

Suffice to say I have nothing but fond memories and my girlfriend and I do essentially the same things with our own children. Plus we have the extra advantage of living in the Washington, DC area so the weather is generally even better than it was in Michigan.

(We also added our own tradition of driving across the Chesapeake Bay bridge - and then back across - "breaking the seal on beach season" we call it - and then going to Annapolis to walk around and maybe take a bay cruise. Then we go to her parent's for a dinner party.)

Easter is all the fun of Christmas but without the blaring in your face television commercials, the lousy cold weather, and the garish colors. (I much prefer Easter pastels to Christmas primary colors.)

So as far as I am concerned we can dispense with all the other holidays. As to my kids, (ages, 9,8, and 6) I have to admit that seeing their excitement at any of the holidays warms my heart - but I still have to admit that when I think back, even to my own surprise, it is the Easters that I get the most sentimental about.

lightbulb27 · Accepted Answer

Hope of life of love lived eternally, the evidence thereof, witnessed by and recorded.

Salvation from death... which is the lie that feeds all the misery.

"It is finished"...

And to hear a prominent physicst say this. "If you have enough energy, you can create your own universe!", Michio Kaku. I've not dug into this very far what this means... but... wow! Did Christ get the power of the universe... to create his own "kingdom"?

In quantum physics... two particles can be intertwined (quantum entanglement)... such that if one flips, the other flips... no matter where they are in the universe. By being "reborn" into Christ... are people entangled with Christ "cosmically"... and thus... saved from certain death (from the universe collapsing and burning up... if not the solar system)? That's science!

Thus the sifting the wheat... separating the ones that want eternal love with Christ, from those that choose other.

That... makes some sense to me.

Simslover92 · Accepted Answer

Personally it's all about the Lord for me. It's a day to remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I always used to watch the Ten Commandments on that Saturday night before Easter Sunday to pay tribute to the day.

Potteplante · Accepted Answer

Chocolate eggs filled with candy and extra PO days for work - or when lucky like this year actual time off work.  Other than that not much

Drew-1990 · Answer

For me I'm Christian honestly so it's about my belief that Jesus raised from the dead. We do the no religion parts too in my family. My mom hides eggs either around the house or around the property for the kids to find. Eggs get lost every year.

Massageman · Answer

As OlderAndWiser said, Easter is about the crucifixion of Jesus and the promise of eternal life.

With that promise of life comes the "new life" of plants in the springtime, as a symbolic reminder of God's promisees to us.

Not to mention lots of profit for the candy companies - - - - -

nawtee_me · Answer

Easter is a celebration for the fertility goddess Astarte. Eggs were often put on her alter as a gift for her blessings. Why are rabbits used except that they are very fertile animals. It is a man made holiday and not a God ordained one like Passover is. Nowhere in the Bible is Easter referred to except in the misprinted “Easter Bible”.
offer pagan celebrations were used to bring pagan to church but if you ask me it is deceitful.

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

You're gonna love this Paris.

I catch up on all the old Christmas Movies around Easter. I've done it for years. Maybe Easter Movies are too on the nose for me, I dunno, but I just enjoy them more at Easter!

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Easter is about the crucifixion of Jesus and the promise of eternal life.

OtterMan68 · Answer

The sacrifice of my Lord Jesus Christ and his ressurection. It's  THE   most important event for Christians. I'll be celebrating at mass

superchan2011 · Answer

Easter to me is about The Lord and spending time with family and friends.

DJB72 · Answer

Most significant day of the year for me. Remembrance of the Resurrection

Nikki1989 · Answer

A weak excuse for people to gorge themselves on even more disgusting chocolate.

normalice · Answer

More candy I am increasingly incapable of digesting without putting on a bunch of weight,

Joshydavid25 · Answer

When Jesus rose on the third day and left the Holy Spirit to dwell with humanity.

Yannae · Answer

Christ has risen! Chocolate! Anniversary with the Ms! Spring in full bloom!

strateguy632 · Answer

our church has not celebrated it nor taught Easter... same as the first students apostles peter etc. and paul didn't celebrate the resurrection revival annualy.

i asked a few pastors one replied "because we aren't catholic"

mic drop!

Anonymous · Answer

Jesus rising from the dead. my parents also did the whole Easter bunny thing too when I was little

BobbieBoy666 · Answer

the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and held (in the Western Church) between March 21 and April 25, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox.
the period in which Easter occurs, especially the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday.

Dongie · Answer

Ishtar and paganomics. All egg hunting aside it's Christs resurrection and our salvation.

Likes2drive · Answer

Have family over for dinner, we don’t color eggs anymore

KrakenAttackin · Answer

The resurrection and arrival of Spring... and very cool classic movies.

shortster · Answer

It is the celebration of the death of Christ on the cross for our sins.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

I'm a religious person. So for me that's the day christ resurrected.

Hanrej · Answer

You eat good. ☺️ That's what it means to me. Possibly some days off.

Pterodon · Answer

It’s about Jesus rising from the dead

lil_will_12 · Answer

just 2 words: free candy

Iron_Man · Answer

The Lord Jesus Christ rises

MsBrie · Answer

The Rebirth of jesus Easter egg hunts or used to mean coloring eggs pretty much that.

clampfan101 · Answer

I’m a Christian, so take a guess. ^_^

handsomelad70 · Answer

The end of Winter and Spring's blossoming.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

It represents God giving up his own life to redeem us, His creation. The ultimate selfless sacrifice.

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

A goddamn paid day off work. Rachel

jahaims · Answer

Only do it because the kids enjoy it

CubaPirate · Answer

Easter Egg hunts for the Grandkids

Nifrayu · Answer

It's fun.

Med_guy1978 · Answer

Celebrating the ressurection of Jesus Christ.

Sharkstealth · Answer

Christian holiday and candy.

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