The Easter Season

Well, Easter has once again come upon us, and there are many a Pagan asking should we or shouldn't we celebrate Easter?

Personally I have no problem celebrating Easter with my family (in the same way we celebrate Christmas). My husband being Catholic wants our children to understand the religious significance of Easter, so church attendance this year is going to take place. I really have no problem with it, considering I myself attended Catholic school all my life, so church and the like are kind of a norm for me (and I still became Pagan).

Experiencing church on a solemn holiday such as this, really I see as no different than say, me celebrating the Ostara holiday with them. I will allow my children to experience different faiths, and try to explain them to them on levels they can understand (though at the age they are...4 and 7...I'm not really sure how much they will understand)

For those Pagans who don't want to celebrate Easter, but have their children bombarded with Easter this and Easter that at school and out in public...I don't understand the animosity. Yeah, ok, so Easter is really more of a Christian thing, but it also has a secular side to it...just like Christmas. Not everyone goes to mass on Christmas, and believes that it was the day of Christ's birth, but people still decorate their homes and exchange gifts. Why can't Pagans simply do the same on Easter? Celebrate the secular holiday of Easter by hiding easter eggs (either say they hid them or the "Easter Bunny" did), sharing in sweet goodies and candies, having a big meal, etc. It's just another reason to have family gather, and eat a LOT of food you wouldn't normally eat on a regular basis.

Why do people have to make such a big deal about Easter, and it's Christian undertones? It's almost as if people have an underlying "Persecution Complex"...heaven forbid they participate in Easter, lest they start burning at the mere mention of the holiday. If you're not Christian...Easter is just another day to eat chocolate and have a big feast, how often do you get to say that? Just go with it!!!





Ma’iingan