Easter Vs. Christmas: the Age-Old Debate
Happy Easter everybody!
Well, I've just came back from Sunday mass. The church, as you well know, was packed. Services were beautiful and lively and everyone was in their Easter Sunday best. Since I have a little time before the great Easter Egg Hunt and Picnic at the local park here in Hawthorne, I thought I'd spend it on my blog a little bit.
Easter is a very major holiday, right up there with Christmas. However, it doesn't quite have the commercial punch that Christmas has, perhaps because Christmas has that whole "year end clearance sale" tie in, while Easter has the "spring clearance sale" thing, which is highly profitable but, of course, doesn't have the commercial punch that Christmas has. The Easter Bunny also has perennially been playing second fiddle to Santa Claus' bass guitar. After all, Santa travels around the world leaving gifts in Christmas stockings and under Christmas trees, while the Easter Bunny travels around the world hiding colored boiled eggs and filling baskets with candy and stuffed animals. And when was the last time you've ever seen a Rankin/Bass Easter special? I think it was sometime before the turn of this century if I recall (there only were three, compared to about the dozen Rankin/Bass Christmas specials).
Well, anyway, so much for tooting the Bunny's horn and banging his drum (oh, did I say that? Sorry! Wrong Bunny!). I know that Spring Break will soon be coming to an end, and that we all will have to go back to class again. At least the McCartney concerts this past week at the Hollywood Bowl was great. Now that was really something to write home about! I'll probably spend the rest of the break cleaning the files on my computer and getting everything on my computer in order. I'd like to get my computer in order by the time summer vacation comes. As fast as this year is going by, it'll be here before you know it. And I'll be darned happy when it does come. I'm tired of doing homework four nights a week.
Well, that's it for this week. Until next week, be well, stay well. and don't forget to help the earthquake survivors!
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
Well, I've just came back from Sunday mass. The church, as you well know, was packed. Services were beautiful and lively and everyone was in their Easter Sunday best. Since I have a little time before the great Easter Egg Hunt and Picnic at the local park here in Hawthorne, I thought I'd spend it on my blog a little bit.
Easter is a very major holiday, right up there with Christmas. However, it doesn't quite have the commercial punch that Christmas has, perhaps because Christmas has that whole "year end clearance sale" tie in, while Easter has the "spring clearance sale" thing, which is highly profitable but, of course, doesn't have the commercial punch that Christmas has. The Easter Bunny also has perennially been playing second fiddle to Santa Claus' bass guitar. After all, Santa travels around the world leaving gifts in Christmas stockings and under Christmas trees, while the Easter Bunny travels around the world hiding colored boiled eggs and filling baskets with candy and stuffed animals. And when was the last time you've ever seen a Rankin/Bass Easter special? I think it was sometime before the turn of this century if I recall (there only were three, compared to about the dozen Rankin/Bass Christmas specials).
Well, anyway, so much for tooting the Bunny's horn and banging his drum (oh, did I say that? Sorry! Wrong Bunny!). I know that Spring Break will soon be coming to an end, and that we all will have to go back to class again. At least the McCartney concerts this past week at the Hollywood Bowl was great. Now that was really something to write home about! I'll probably spend the rest of the break cleaning the files on my computer and getting everything on my computer in order. I'd like to get my computer in order by the time summer vacation comes. As fast as this year is going by, it'll be here before you know it. And I'll be darned happy when it does come. I'm tired of doing homework four nights a week.
Well, that's it for this week. Until next week, be well, stay well. and don't forget to help the earthquake survivors!
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
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