SUGARLAND EXPRESS!

Well, I'm back from my sugar coma! Leave it to Christians to take a Pagan holiday and commercialize & candy it up! How they sold candy, chocolate bunnies and colored eggs as a way to celebrate the resurrection of Christ to the masses is beyond me. They stole the Ostara holiday and it's traditions from the Pagans then persucute them for it....go figure. ( Hmmm it appears I'm still working thru being killed in a past life for it)

Eostre (pronounced E-ostra)
Eostre is the Pagan holiday that celebrates the return of spring and the balance between light and dark on, or around, the Spring Equinox. Eostre was the Pagan goddess of dawn, fertility and new beginnings. The Christian celebration of Christ's rebirth, Easter, is also celebrated around this time and got its name from Eostre. Eostre - Did U Know?
Eostre gave a rabbit friend the power to lay eggs once a year - on the Spring Equinox. The eggs symbolized new beginnings and the rabbit symbolized fertility. I got this little diddy from kidzworld.com

Look and no reference to satan! You'd think if Witches worshipped satan they wouldn't leave him out of any holiday. DUH! (pssst, any Christians out there?? We don't believe in satan. YOU DO! So quit pushing him off on us! He's your deal NOT ours!)

Why are major Christian holidays layered on older Pagan festivals? (because we have the coolest traditions) The central reason is that as Christianity was struggling for acceptance in Europe, (ya think???) the country-folk would not give up their age-old traditions. (is it any wonder??) By blending the old with the new, it was easier for the Church to convert the locals. (i.e. persecute into submission/conversion) I got this info from paganwiccan.about.com

I guess I must still be on a sugar hangover which is why I'm on my wee soapbox. You'd think I'd learn.

Blessed Be!
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