Tuesday, March 25, 2008

I'm dreaming of a white . . .

. . . Easter?

Makes a change, though, doesn't it? Daffodils peeking through the snowdrifts, long weekend picnic plans all awry because you weren't banking on snow, and Easter Egg hunts . . .

Oh, Easter Egg hunts in the snow. The outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible FIB. All those little darlings asking why, if the Easter Bunny really exists, each egg is hidden at the end of a line of size eleven trainer tracks.


PS I should have mentioned that this Easter Egg hunt took place in the churchyard. (Eostre must have been laughing all over her lovely green face.) It was a churchwarden's rather brilliant ploy to get the kids out before the next service. So there were all these lovely Christian folk defending the existence of a pagan God's totem. In the churchyard.

7 comments:

Tim F said...

A rabbit that lays eggs is already a genetic freak of unprecedented dimensions. Size 11 Nikes are neither here nor there.

Unknown said...

The Easter bunny is MAGIC and, therefore, not like other bunnies.

I, Like The View said...

erm, do they still believe in the Tooth Fairy? cos if you don't believe it ain't gonna happen

bit like xmas stockings (the kind santa fills, not the kind he wears)

;-)

the Hepworth sculpture garden at TStI is one of my favourite places and provided the inspiration for last year's bookbinding exploits

:-)

Mangonel said...

Personally, I loath all this Father Xmas / tooth fairy / easter bunny stuff, and I do not see why we should foist this GARBAGE on unsuspecting little minds.

Not many people let me near their children these days.

FirstNations said...

well if there was SNOW then OF COURSE the poor Easter Bunny needed to wear shoes. you can't run around barefoot in the snow. he has to go hopping ALL OVER THE WORLD in a single morning hiding eggs etc etc.

yes, well, thats the kind of buttressing i was subject to as a child. creepy, how glibly it comes tripping off the tongue...!

I, Like The View said...

I love the ps! (it's all pagan, really, when you come to think about it)

Dave said...

They will all burn in hell.

Hope this helps.