Okay, that said, I didn't feel bad about buying Steve a chocolate bunny since we both know, understand, and believe the true meaning of Easter and since we didn't make a big deal of it. I think I bought it the Thursday before Easter and just finally remembered to give it to him yesterday! Better late than never, right? Well, I have to say, the bunny thing is kinda starting to creep me out. If you need a reason other than the one expressed above to not like him, well... just look at this thing!
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It has the story of Peter Rabbit on the box, which has nothing to do with Easter and isn't really a happy story if I remember it correctly (though I'm sure it teaches a good moral). Anyway, that aside, I have to say, the other chocolate bunnies weren't any better (I'm sure I got the least creepy one I could find). Maybe I'm shopping at the wrong place. But Steve doesn't care about the looks, or, apparently, the quality of the chocolate. As long as it's hollow, it's delicious... and the bigger the better!
Anyway, lest you think I'm overreacting, here's further evidence that the Easter bunny is just plain creepy. I just did a Google search for "creepy Easter bunny" and came across this gem of a photo (amongst the millions of results of that search, by the way):
Is it any wonder that this child is crying? (Incidentally, that little girl could almost be me... really, ask my parents!) Ugh, that is just weird.
And speaking of creepy Easter bunnies, I have a personal story from my childhood. I was a fairly gullible child and believed in Easter bunnies, tooth fairies, and yes, Santa till a too-late age (I like to say that it was just because I enjoyed believing). One year, my sweet mother bought my brother and I each a very large stuffed bunny for Easter (from The Bunny... this was before we started celebrating the true meaning). She laid the two bunnies on the couch head-to-foot and covered them with a blanket, which made them look like one large, human-sized bunny. Upon waking, we always went first to our parents to wake them and all went together to discover what had been brought for us. But on my way that fateful morning, I noticed the bunny "asleep" on the couch and it totally freaked me out! I remember going to my parents' bedroom with news that the Easter bunny had fallen asleep on our couch and neglected all of the other kids whose houses he had not yet visited! I also remember being kind of panicked about it. But I also think what really scared me was that I was beginning to think he wasn't real and then I found him on our couch.
Strange, I know. As is the premise of a bunny visiting houses at night, leaving chocolate and eggs and stuffed versions of himself for boys and girls. Why do we keep up this tradition and perpetuate the creepiness? Let's do the only reasonable thing and abolish the Easter bunny. Any takers?
Hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating Jesus' death and resurrection. Praise Him for the grace He has poured out on undeserving sinners!
I'm ALL for abolishing the bunny! I bought my kids peanut butter filled Reese brand bunnies this year - huge hit! And not at all creepy looking. This is their first year receiving bunnies... and it's only because my mom couldn't find the chocolate crosses she usually buys in lieu of bunnies). But do you know I've never hidden eggs for them? I'm so lazy... they had their first egg hunt ever this year, and only because we went to a friends house and they had it planned for their kids (and others invited along with us).
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